Cytoskeletal mechanics models and measurements

• Other Authors: Mofrad, Mohammad R. K., Kamm, Roger D.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• Subjects: Cytoskeleton > Mechanical properties.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781601197399
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (x, 244 p.) : ill.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction, with the biological basis for cell mechanics / Roger D. Kamm and Mohammad R.K. Mofrad
• Experimental measurements of intracellular mechanics / Paul Janmey and Christoph Schmidt
• The cytoskeleton as a soft glassy material / Jeffrey Fredberg and Ben Fabry
• Continuum elastic or viscoelastic models for the cell / Mohammed [sic] R.K. Mofrad, Helene Karcher, and Roger D. Kamm
• Multiphasic models of cell mechanics / Farshid Guilak ... [et al.]
• Models of cytoskeletal mechanics based on tensegrity / Dimitrije Stamenoviâc
• Cells, gels and mechanics / Gerald H. Pollack
• Polymer-based models of cytoskeletal networks / F.C. MacKintosh
• Cell dynamics and the actin cytoskeleton / James L. McGrath and C. Forbes Dewey, Jr.
• Active cellular motion : continuum theories and models / Marc Herant and Micah Dembo.