Mechanics of the cell /
"Exploring the mechanical features of biological cells, including their architecture and stability, this textbook is a pedagogical introduction to the interdisciplinary fields of cell mechanics and soft matter physics from both experimental and theoretical perspectives. This second edition has...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction to the cell
- 2. Soft materials and fluids
- 3. Polymers
- 4. Complex filaments
- 5. Two-dimensional networks
- 6. Three-dimensional networks
- 7. Biomembranes
- 8. Membrane undulations
- 9. Intermembrane and electrostatic forces
- 10. The simplest cells
- 11. Dynamic filaments
- 12. Growth and division
- 13. Signals and switches
- appendix A. Animal cells and tissues
- appendix B. The cell's molecular building blocks
- appendix C. Elementary statistical mechanics
- appendix D. Elasticity.