Sarcomeric Pattern Formation by Actin Cluster Coalescence
Figure 4
Sarcomeric order despite actin filament length variability.
In a modified version of the simulations shown in figure 3, the lengths of individual actin filament were chosen from a unimodular length distribution, see main text. Example length distributions are shown for three values of the length variability parameter . Sarcomeric order also evolved in simulated acto-myosin bundles with a distribution of filament lengths, but with a reduced sarcomeric order parameter and increased sarcomere spacing at steady-state (mean
s.e.).