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. 2016 Dec 21;7:13827. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13827

Figure 1. Basic mechanisms of filament network assembly.

Figure 1

(a) When two actin filaments come into contact, they attempt a bundling reaction (thin arrows). If there are no filaments in the surroundings, the attempt results in a single bundle. (b) If other filaments are found on the path of the bundling reaction (green surface), bundling is blocked because of steric interaction (red crosses).