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Stratification relieves constraints from steric hindrance in the generation of compact actomyosin asters at the membrane cortex
- View ORCID ProfileAmit Das1,*,†,
- View ORCID ProfileAbrar Bhat2,*,
- Rastko Sknepnek3,
- View ORCID ProfileDarius Köster2,‡,
- View ORCID ProfileSatyajit Mayor2,§ and
- View ORCID ProfileMadan Rao1,§
- 1Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore 560065, India.
- 2National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore 560065, India.
- 3School of Science and Engineering and School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
- ↵§Corresponding author. Email: madan{at}ncbs.res.in (M.R.); mayor{at}ncbs.res.in (S.M.)
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
↵† Present address: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
↵‡ Present address: Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
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Science Advances 11 Mar 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 11, eaay6093
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay6093
Vol. 6, no. 11, eaay6093
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay6093
Amit Das
1Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore 560065, India.
Abrar Bhat
2National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore 560065, India.
Rastko Sknepnek
3School of Science and Engineering and School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Darius Köster
2National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore 560065, India.
Satyajit Mayor
2National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore 560065, India.
Madan Rao
1Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore 560065, India.