Table 2.

Model Input parameters.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19850.031

Parameter	Symbol	Value	Reference
maximum polymerization speed	$v_g^M$	15.6 μm s-1	(Blanchoin et al., 2014)
depolymerization speed	$v^{-}$	0.1 μm s-1	(Mogilner and Edelstein-Keshet, 2002)
capping rate	$r_c$	3 s-1	(Pollard et al., 2000)
severing rate	$r_s$	0.005 μm-1s-1	(Gurel et al., 2014)
maximum cortical nucleation rate	$r_{n,M}^C$	100 s-1	estimated
maximum ER nucleation rate	$r_{n,M}^{ER}$	[500–1100] s-1	estimated
length scale	$L_s$	2000 μm	assumption
total available actin	$L_T$	4.0 $L_s$	estimated