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From: Intrinsic synergistic-topological mechanism versus synergistic-topological matrix in microtubule self-organization

Figure 11

A biological examples of intrinsic control of size, shape and directionality of microtubule spatio-temporal pattern by synergistic-topological mechanism. A. Polarized epithelial cell (Schroer et al. [57]); local GTP-tubulin depletion and local cross diffusion are equilibrated. B. Microtubules intrinsic induction of cortical polarity in fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) (Siegrist and Doe [72]); the cross diffusion stabilization effects overwhelm the depletion effects. C. Microtubules intrinsic induction of cortical polarity during fibroblast migration (Siegrist and Doe [72]); depletion effects overwhelm the local cross diffusion effects.

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