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Fig. 19
Conformations of idealized microtubule cytoskeletons in a flat cell. (
a
) Fully symmetric
cytoskeleton. (
b
) Equilibrium reached following a small perturbation. (
c
) Central centrosome
position restored by an external force. (
d
) Additional deformation caused by an external force.
(
e
) Equilibrium reached from the configuration in (
d
) after removal of the external force. Double-
width lines show forms that are doubly represented. Reproduced from Maly and Maly (
2010
) with
permission from Elsevier
Fig. 20
Total force exerted by the microtubules on the centrosome as a function of the centrosome
position in a flat cell. The variables are as defined in Table
1
. The
solid curve
is traced in the course
of a continuous displacement of the centrosome away from the cell center, starting in the fully
symmetric state. The
dashed
and
dotted
curves are traced during forced reversed displacement.
Reproduced from Maly and Maly (
2010
) with permission from Elsevier
