Modeling the Excess Cell Surface Stored in a Complex Morphology of Bleb-Like Protrusions
Fig 8
The orientational distribution of F-actin filaments in the nematic cortex for the steady state cell morphology associated with the 3D target morphology of Fig 7.
Since the Flory order parameter is unknown, for illustrative purposes we impose its maximum value of 1 in this simulation, and impose lower values in the S6 and S7 Figs. (A) 3D view; (B-D) 2D planar projections of the nematic director field in the cortex in the x = 0.5, y = 0.5, z = 0.5 planes, respectively. The color bar shows the magnitude of nematic director, where |p| = 1 denotes nematic phase and |p| = 0 denotes the isotropic phase.