Appendix 6—figure 2. Results for the confined microtubule-motor protein assembly simulations with $D_{cyl}=0.75\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$.

(A) A kymograph of the local microtubule packing fraction ${\varphi }_{local}(x)$. Crosslinking motor proteins drive contraction of the system. Self organization of these regions leads to emergence of the BB-like state. (B) A kymograph of the local nematic order parameter $S_{\mathrm{local}}^x(x)$. The negative order parameter suggests that there is alignment of microtubules in the radial direction ($YZ$ plane). (C) A kymograph of the density of the crosslinking motor proteins, $C(x)$. (D) Pair distribution function for microtubule plus-ends (top) and microtubule centers (bottom).