Phase diagram of simulated networks of 800 actin filaments (magenta) with average lengths of 10 μm, mesh-size of 1.1 μm and varying concentrations of crosslinkers and myosins (green) that automatically detach upon reaching the end of filaments. Crosslinker concentration is varied from 4 (left), 16 and 32 (right) molecules per actin filament length. Myosin concentration is varied from 0.1 (bottom), 0.4 and 1.6 (top) molecules per actin filament length. Time span: 200 seconds.
Viktoria Wollrab, Julio M. Belmonte, Lucia Baldauf, Maria Leptin, François Nédeléc, and Gijsje H. Koenderink
J Cell Sci
2019. 132:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jcs.219717