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Toy simulations studying the polarity-sorting kinetics of filaments with varying intrinsic curvatures, lengths and bending rigidities—snapshot of the initial (left) and final (right) configuration of FtsZ L169R filaments at a high density of ϕ = 0.88. The properties of the mutant substantially slow down the polar alignment of filaments in all the studied packing fractions. Only bonds of the filaments (without the full diameter of beads) are presented for clarity. Filaments are colour coded according to the orientation of the bond vectors between beads.

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