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Cell-sized liposome doublets reveal active tension build-up driven by acto-myosin dynamics

1 Jan 2016Soft Matter

DOI : 10.1039/c6sm00856a

Authors

V. Caorsi, J. Lemière, C. Campillo, M. Bussonnier, J. Manzi, T. Betz, J. Plastino, K. Carvalho, C. Sykes

Abstract

Quantitative measurements of tension generated by an artificial actomyosin cortex reconstituted at the outer surface of liposome doublets, as sweetly schematized by halves of Italian cookies “baci di dama” that happen to stick.