Emergent mechanics of actomyosin drive punctuated contractions and shape network morphology in the cell cortex
Fig 4
Diverse actomyosin arrays can be formed by discrete changes in filament dynamics.
Steady state F-actin morphology after 10 s as F-actin biophysics is altered. Arrays from different simulations in the center column (yellow box) are formed by a standard set of parameters. Each row depicts arrays formed when a single parameter regulating F-actin is changed. Arrays formed from simulations are shown in each column and are ordered from lower (left) to higher parameter values (right). Only the parameter described by row and column were varied, the other parameter values were held at the standard value. See S1 Table for the details of parameters used here. We have included an asterisk (*) to note cases where an aster has not formed. To determine if an aster could form over longer times, we ran these simulations for a more extended duration and found only minor changes in the asters (S5 Fig).