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. 2010 Nov 17;99(10):3182–3190. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.053

Table 1.

Default simulation parameters

Symbol Parameter Value Units Reference
NMT Number of MTs 50 (8)
Naster Number of astral MTs (per aster) 15
Nfree Number of free MTs 20 (32)
lfill Length of free MTs 5 μm (32)
Rmem Initial radius of the membrane 4 μm
kmem Elastic modulus of membrane 200–390 pN/μm (11)
ηcyto Viscosity of cytoplasm 50×10−3 pN μm2 (8)
ηmem Viscosity of membrane 10ηcyto pN μm2 estimate
rgrid Grid resolution 187.5 nm
rmotor Motor capture radius 10 nm (32)
Dmotor Motor diffusion coefficient 0.04 μm2/s (8,13)
FDynNL No-load minus-end motor force 0 pN
FDynL Loaded minus-end motor force 4 pN (33)
vDynNL No-load minus-end motor velocity 0.8 μm/s (33,34)
vDynL Loaded minus-end motor velocity 0.2 μm/s (33)
FKinNL No-load plus-end motor force 0 pN
FKinL Loaded plus-end motor force 2 pN (13)
vKinNL No-load plus-end motor velocity 0.08 μm/s (13)
vKinL Loaded plus-end motor velocity 0.02 μm/s (13)
kcon Elastic modulus of motor connections 20 pN/ μm
rc Interaction radius of membrane 50 nm
Δt Time step 100 ms (7,8)