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Maxime F. Fournier
Researcher at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Publications - 3
Citations - 412
Maxime F. Fournier is an academic researcher from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Actin cytoskeleton & Cytoskeleton. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 376 citations.
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Force transmission in migrating cells
Maxime F. Fournier,Roger Sauser,Davide Carlo Ambrosi,Jean-Jacques Meister,Alexander B. Verkhovsky +4 more
TL;DR: Analysis of the relationship between actin network velocity and traction forces at the substrate shows that force transmission mechanisms vary with distinct regions of the cell.
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Actin-Myosin Viscoelastic Flow in the Keratocyte Lamellipod
TL;DR: This work introduces models of viscoelastic actin mechanics and myosin transport and solves the model equations numerically for the flat, fan-shaped lamellipodial domain of keratocytes and discusses model implications for the cell shape, speed, and bi-stability.
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Force Transmission in Migrating Cells: Gripping at the Front, Slipping at the Back
Maxime F. Fournier,Roger Sauser,Davide Ambriosi,Jean-Jacques Meister,Alexander B. Verkhovsky +4 more
TL;DR: Analysis of substrate stress and cell motion in the presence of inhibitors of actin/myosin system cytochalasin D and blebbistatin indicated that cell translocation could be driven by two different processes: actomyosin contraction, and actin assembly, the former associated with significantly larger substrate forces than the latter.