The tug-of-war happening in the artificial cell (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

The tug-of-war happening in the artificial cell

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By changing cell size, the team found two competing actomyosin networks: a ring-like centripetal actomyosin that pushes contents to the center, and radially-formed bridges that pull things to the edges

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Kyoto University/Makito Miyazaki

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