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Cytoskeletal mechanics : models and measurements /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
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.
Cytoskeleton > physiology.
Biomechanical Phenomena.
Models, Biological.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Cell Biology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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 [and others]
  • 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.