Contractile to extensile transitions and mechanical adaptability enabled by activity in cytoskeletal structures
A. Lamtyugina, D. S. Banerjee, Y. Qiu, S. Vaikuntanathan
This study shows how motor activity enables cytoskeletal structures to adapt mechanically, transforming from contractile to extensile states under tension.
bioRxiv · Feb 22, 2024Biophysics