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A simple mathematical model for the dynamics of network-bundle transitions in actin filaments has been previously proposed and some of its mathematical properties have been described. Other models in this class have since been considered and investigated mathematically. In this paper, we have made the first steps in connecting parameters in the model with biologically measurable quantities such as published values of rate constants for filament-crosslinker association. We describe how this connection was made, and give some preliminary numerical simulation results for the behavior of the model under biologically realistic parameter regimes. A key result is that filament length influences the bundle-network transition.
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Spiros, A., Edelstein-Keshet, L. Testing a model for the dynamics of actin structures with biological parameter values. Bull. Math. Biol. 60, 275–305 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1006/bulm.1997.0022
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