@article{14655,
  abstract     = {The kinetics of the assembly of semiflexible filaments through end-to-end annealing is key to the structure of the cytoskeleton, but is not understood. We analyze this problem through scaling theory and simulations, and uncover a regime where filaments’ ends find each other through bending fluctuations without the need for the whole filament to diffuse. This results in a very substantial speedup of assembly in physiological regimes, and could help with understanding the dynamics of actin and intermediate filaments in biological processes such as wound healing and cell division.},
  author       = {Sorichetti, Valerio and Lenz, Martin},
  issn         = {1079-7114},
  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},
  number       = {22},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Transverse fluctuations control the assembly of semiflexible filaments}},
  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.228401},
  volume       = {131},
  year         = {2023},
}