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Motors keep dynamics steady

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Steady-state remodelling in model cytoskeletal networks results from the combination of marginal stability and molecular-motor activity.

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Figure 1: Microscopy images of cytoskeletal meshworks.
Figure 2: Fusion and rupture of network clusters in a minimal cytoskeletal network model.

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  1. Fred C. MacKintosh is at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the VU University Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1081, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands,

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