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Dynamics of Cell and Tissue Motion

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Wolfgang Alt

    1. Division of Theoretical Biology Botanical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  2. Andreas Deutsch

    1. Division of Theoretical Biology Botanical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  3. Graham A. Dunn

    1. MCR Muscle and Cell Motility Unit The Randall Institute, King’s College London, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Mathematics and Biosciences in Interaction (MBI)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Motile Dynamics at the Cellular Level — Cytoplasmic Motion and Cell Shape —

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-6
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    2. Embryonic Mesoderm Cells and Larval Keratocytes from Xenopus: Structure and Motility of Single Cells

      • Rudolf Winklbauer, Andreas Selchow, Beate Boller, Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn
      Pages 7-14

    3. Periodicity in Shape Changes of Human Epidermal Keratinocytes

      • Boris Hinz, Oana Brosteanu
      Pages 15-20

    4. Self-organized F-actin Autowaves Govern Pseudopodium Projection and the Non-random Locomotion of Dictyostelium Amoebae

      • Michael G. Vicker, Wei Xiang
      Pages 21-28

    5. Mathematical Analysis of Cell Shape

      • Oana Brosteanu, Peter J. Plath, Michael G. Vicker
      Pages 29-32

    6. Protrusion, Retraction and the Efficiency of Cell Locomotion

      • Graham Dunn, Igor Weber, Daniel Zicha
      Pages 33-46

    7. Microscopic Image Classification Based on Descriptor Analysis

      • Marcin Inkielman, Jan Doroszewski
      Pages 47-54

    8. A Dynamical Model of Cell Division

      • Xiaoyi He, Micah Dembo
      Pages 55-65

    9. Shape Behavior of Closed Layered Membranes and Cytokinesis

      • Saša Svetina, Bojan Božič, Boštjan Žekš
      Pages 67-71

    10. Protrusion-Retraction Dynamics of an Annular Lamellipodial Seam

      • Wolfgang Alt, Robert T. Tranquillo
      Pages 73-81

    11. Auto-oscillatory Processes and Feedback Mechanisms in Physarum Plasmodium Motility

      • Vladimir A. Teplov, Yuri M. Romanovsky, Dmitri A. Pavlov, Wolfgang Alt
      Pages 83-92

    12. Origin of Actin-induced Locomotion of Listeria

      • Volker Lendowski, Alex Mogilner
      Pages 93-99

    13. Models for the Formation of Oriented F-actin Structures in the Cytoskeleton

      • Gül Civelekoglu, Edith Geigant
      Pages 101-109

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 111-112
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  4. Dynamics of Cell Interaction with the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-116
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    2. Cell-Substratum Interactions of Amoeba proteus: Old and New Open Questions

      • Andrzej Grebecki
      Pages 117-122

    3. Imaging Traction Stresses

      • Micah Dembo, Tim Oliver, Akira Ishihara, Ken Jacobson
      Pages 123-132

    4. Chemotaxis and Chemokinesis of Dictyostelium Amoebae: Different Accumulation Mechanisms Induced by Temporal Signals and Spatial Gradients of Cyclic AMP

      • Michael G. Vicker
      Pages 133-139

    5. Receptor-mediated Models for Leukocyte Chemotaxis

      • Robert T. Tranquillo, Wolfgang Alt
      Pages 141-147
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Theoretical Biology Botanical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Wolfgang Alt, Andreas Deutsch

  • MCR Muscle and Cell Motility Unit The Randall Institute, King’s College London, London, UK

    Graham A. Dunn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dynamics of Cell and Tissue Motion

  • Editors: Wolfgang Alt, Andreas Deutsch, Graham A. Dunn

  • Series Title: Mathematics and Biosciences in Interaction

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8916-2

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5781-8Published: 18 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9826-3Published: 16 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8916-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 336

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

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