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  • Title: Mechanics of cytogels I: oscillations in physarum.
    Author: Oster GF, Odell GM.
    Journal: Cell Motil; 1984; 4(6):469-503. PubMed ID: 6542453.
    Abstract:
    The contractility of actomyosin gels is the basis for a variety of cellular motility phenomena. We present here a mechanical analysis of contractile gels. By making certain hypotheses on the chemical regulation of cytogel contraction we formulate a model for the rhythmic contractions of plasmodia in the slime mold Physarum polycephalum which is in accord with a number of experimental observations.
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