Mechanochemical pattern formation in the cellular actomyosin cortex

Protein patterning is essential for cellular function. From cell division to cell migration, specific positional and temporal arrangement of proteins are requisite to triggering and executing vital cell processes. In the aforementioned examples and many other fundamental cellular activities, biochem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tekant, Melis
Other Authors: Fakhri, Nikta
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142687