BiophysicsMolecular Biology of the CellPeer-reviewed
PRC1 resists microtubule sliding in two distinct resistive modes due to variations in the separation between overlapping microtubules
Daniel G. Steckhahn, Shane A. Fiorenza, Ellinor Tai…·Meredith D. Betterton
The paper develops a computational model of PRC1 crosslinked microtubule pairs to show that braking and coasting modes depend on lateral separation, with braking reducing sliding speed more effectively.
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