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Sliding filament and fixed filament mechanisms contribute to ring tension in the cytokinetic contractile ring

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0 Published in 2019 at "Cytoskeleton"

DOI: 10.1002/cm.21558

Abstract: A fundamental challenge in cell biology is to understand how cells generate actomyosin‐based contractile force. Here we study the actomyosin contractile ring that divides cells during cytokinesis and generates tension by a mechanism that remains… read more here.

Keywords: mechanism; fixed filament; contractile ring; tension ... See more keywords