Figure 6.

Possible parameter changes that keep the steady-state length L^ss constant while altering the growing time T. (a) An overlay of the contour plots for the growing time T (blue) and for the steady-state length L^ss (red) is given. From left to right, the contours for growing time T are 50, 100, 150, and 200 min, and for the steady-state length L^ss are 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 μm. (b and c) Shown is the relative change of the motor velocity (left axis) and growing time (right axis) as a function of the diffusion coefficient along the contour of L^ss = 10 μm in (b) and L^ss = 15 μm in (c). The reference velocity is defined as v^∗ = v(D = 20 μm²/s), and the reference growing time is defined as T^∗ = T(D = 20 μm²/s). To see this figure in color, go online.