How mortal filaments' self-assemble and maintain order: Align or die

ScienceDaily
Aug 12, 2024, 12:32 pm109 pts
A previously unknown mechanism of active matter self-organization essential for bacterial cell division follows the motto 'dying to align': Misaligned filaments 'die' spontaneously to form a ring structure at the center of the dividing cell. The work could find applications in developing synthetic self-healing…

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