Actin cortex architecture regulates cell surface tension

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Actin Network Architecture Can Determine Myosin Motor Activity

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Anisotropies in cortical tension reveal the physical basis of polarizing cortical flows

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Hydrostatic pressure and the actomyosin cortex drive mitotic cell rounding

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