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. 2012 Mar 7;102(5):1049–1058. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.01.030

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Dynamical regimes and associated filament-link force f(t). The dynamical regimes of the system are shown in their most restrictive form (see text for details). Coupled (vp0ρf/kd01) and decoupled (vp0ρf/kd01) regimes are separated by the red line (continuous and dotted), which corresponds to vp0/kd0=1/ρf. In the decoupled regime, the link force is dominated by either the filament-link deformation (vp0/kd0κ/E; the link-dominated decoupled regime) or the network elasticity (vp0/kd0κ/E; the elasticity-dominated decoupled regime), in which case f(t)=κvpt and f(t)=(Evpt)2, respectively. Similarly, in the coupled regime, the link force is dominated by the filament-link deformation (ρfvp0κ/kd0E1; the link-dominated coupled regime) or the network elasticity (ρfvp0κ/kd0E1; the elasticity-dominated coupled regime), in which case f(t)=κvpt and f=E/ρa, respectively. The yellow and blue regions correspond to the parameter space where the resistive force is dominated by the link and network deformations, respectively. (In color online.)