Figure 9.

Comparison of the capture-shrinkage and the cortical sliding mechanisms in terms of the average MTOC velocity in both phases ${\overline{V}}_{\text{MTOC}}$, times of repositioning, and the final MTOC-IS distance ${\overline{d}}_{\text{MIS}}$. (a) The MTOC velocity in the first and the second phase is shown. (b) Repositioning times are shown. Final MTOC-IS distances are shown in the inset. (c) The dependence of the average distance ${\overline{r}}_{\text{IS}}$ of attached dynein motors from the axis of the IS on dynein area density ${\tilde{\rho }}_{\text{IS}}$ for the case of sole cortical sliding is shown. The error bars are represented by dashed lines and are plotted only if bigger than a symbol size. To see this figure in color, go online.