抄録
Bio-motile systems have liquid-crystalline structures. This review first describes the contractile system of striated muscle having a smectic liquid crystalline structure. We here report the muscle's auto-oscillatory property named spontaneous oscillatory contraction (SPOC) [1], and a mathematical model to explain its mechanism [2, 3]. Also, sarcomere dynamics observed during heartbeat are described. The second topic is the micromechanics of the meiotic spindle, a bipolar assembly of microtubules with chromosomes [4]. The third topic is the demonstration of a contractile actin ring spontaneously formed inside a water-in-oil droplet, which can be considered as an artificial cell model [5].
本文言語 | English |
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ページ(範囲) | 127-150 |
ページ数 | 24 |
ジャーナル | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals |
巻 | 647 |
号 | 1 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 2017 4月 13 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 化学 (全般)
- 材料科学(全般)
- 凝縮系物理学