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TRACTION FORCES

Stress fibres and the cortex work in tandem

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Stress fibres form a fully integrated meshwork with the submembranous contractile actin cortex that generates and propagates traction forces across the entire cell.

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Fig. 1: Stress fibres collaborate with the submembranous actin cortex to generate traction forces.

panel a reproduced with permission from ref. 13, American Society for Cell Biology; panels b–d reproduced with permission from ref. 9, Springer Nature Ltd.

Fig. 2: Stress fibres are mechanically integrated within the submembranous actin cortex.

panel a reproduced with permission from ref. 9, Springer Nature Ltd.

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  1. London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London, UK

    Guillaume Charras

  2. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK

    Guillaume Charras

  3. Institute for the Physics of Living Systems, University College London, London, UK

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