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ELIFE
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.17807
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- Human Frontier Science Program [LT000926/ 2012, RGP0023/2014]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG-GSC 97/3, SPP 1782, GR 3271/2, GSC 97, GR 3271/3, GR 3271/4]
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Cancer Research UK [FC001317]
- Medical Research Council [FC001317]
- Wellcome Trust [FC001317]
- European Research Council [281903, 641639]
- Cancer Research UK [21144] Funding Source: researchfish
- The Francis Crick Institute [10317] Funding Source: researchfish
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Cytokinesis in eukaryotic cells is often accompanied by actomyosin cortical flow. Over 30 years ago, Borisy and White proposed that cortical flow converging upon the cell equator compresses the actomyosin network to mechanically align actin filaments. However, actin filaments also align via search -and-capture, and to what extent compression by flow or active alignment drive furrow formation remains unclear. Here, we quantify the dynamical organization of actin filaments at the onset of ring assembly in the C. elegans zygote, and provide a framework for determining emergent actomyosin material parameters by the use of active nematic gel theory. We characterize flow-alignment coupling, and verify at a quantitative level that compression by flow drives ring formation. Finally, we find that active alignment enhances but is not required for ring formation. Our work characterizes the physical mechanisms of actomyosin ring formation and highlights the role of flow as a central organizer of actomyosin network architecture.
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