Figures
A virtual bead breaks out of its shell.
This 3-D snapshot of a simulation of actin-based bead motility shows a bead having just broken symmetry and about to move off on its "comet tail." The network is deposited symmetrically on the bead surface, as in an in vitro system. The simulation shows that the viscoelastic properties of the network are sufficient to explain the symmetry-breaking and motility phenomena seen in vitro. The network is shown colored by strain (blue = low, red = high). (See Dayel et al., e1000201.)
Image Credit: Mark J. Dayel, University of California Berkeley
Citation: (2009) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 7(9) September 2009. PLoS Biol 7(9): ev07.i09. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v07.i09
Published: September 29, 2009
Copyright: © 2009 Dayel et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
This 3-D snapshot of a simulation of actin-based bead motility shows a bead having just broken symmetry and about to move off on its "comet tail." The network is deposited symmetrically on the bead surface, as in an in vitro system. The simulation shows that the viscoelastic properties of the network are sufficient to explain the symmetry-breaking and motility phenomena seen in vitro. The network is shown colored by strain (blue = low, red = high). (See Dayel et al., e1000201.)
Image Credit: Mark J. Dayel, University of California Berkeley