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. 2012 Oct 11;8(10):e1002692. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002692

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In such systems, the fibers can bend to form a ring (depicted as a simulation snapshot in part B), which does not have a loose end available for further growth. This effects the whole growth process (shown in part A as a relative fiber mass concentration depending on time) and it results in a deviation from a global fit to Oosawa's theory, especially at later stages of the fibrillar growth, since there is no such effect included in theory. The fitted values are = 4.0 and . The black curve represents simulation data and the red curve is the fit.

Inline graphic — In such systems, the fibers can bend to form a ring (depicted as a simulation snapshot in part B), which does not have a loose end available for further growth. This effects the whole growth process (shown in part A as a relative fiber mass concentration depending on time) and it results in a deviation from a global fit to Oosawa's theory, especially at later stages of the fibrillar growth, since there is no such effect included in theory. The fitted values are = 4.0 and . The black curve represents simulation data and the red curve is the fit.