Actomyosin sliding is attenuated in contractile biomimetic cortices

A model actin cortex is constituted in vitro and used to monitor the relative movements of actin and myosin under conditions that promote or abrogate network contraction. Myosin II molecular motors efficiently drive contraction of a disordered, cortical F-actin network with attenuated relative actomyosin sliding.

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