The actin cortex as an active wetting layer
Soft Condensed Matter
2013-02-21 v1 Subcellular Processes
Abstract
Using active gel theory we study theoretically the properties of the cortical actin layer of animal cells. The cortical layer is described as a non-equilibrium wetting film on the cell membrane. The actin density is approximately constant in the layer and jumps to zero at its edge. The layer thickness is determined by the ratio of the polymerization velocity and the depolymerization rate of actin.
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@article{arxiv.1302.5025,
title = {The actin cortex as an active wetting layer},
author = {Jean-Francois Joanny and Karsten Kruse and Jacques Prost and Sriram Ramaswamy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.5025},
year = {2013}
}
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