Cytoskeletal mechanics models and measurements
Title:
Cytoskeletal mechanics models and measurements
Author:
Mofrad, Mohammad R. K.
ISBN:
9781601197399
Publication Information:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 244 p.) : ill.
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 Stamenović -- 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.
Electronic Access:
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