Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tension and compression as basic determinants of cell form and function : utilization of a cellular tensegrity mechanism / Donald E. Ingber and Judah Folkman
  • Cell motility and tissue morphogenesis / George Oster
  • Ion channels as mechanical transducers / Frederick Sachs
  • Cell shape and cell contacts : molecular approaches to cytoskeleton expression / Avri Ben-Ze'ev
  • Fibronectin as a transducer of tension / Donna M. Pesciotta Peters and Deane F. Mosher
  • Extracellular matrix interaction with the cytoskeleton / Elizabeth D. Hay and Kathy K. Svoboda
  • Cell shape and growth control : role of cytoskeleton-extracellular matrix interactions / Stephen R. Farmer and Laura E. Dike
  • Red cell shape / Theodore L. Steck.
  • Nerve cell shape / Paul C. Letourneau
  • Effect of cell shape on cartilage differentiation / Nina C. Zanetti and Michael Solursh
  • Bone cell shape and fuction / Masahiko Sato and Gideon A. Rodan
  • Unicellular morphogenesis / Brian C. Goodwin
  • Cell shape and vertebrate embryogenesis / Fiona M. Watt and J.C. Smith.