Overview
- Brings together state-of-the art research on cell behavior of fundamental importance to many normal biological and pathological processes
- Presents interdisciplinary coverage of the field with contributions from biologists and theoretical and experimental physicists
- Discusses a variety of molecular motors used by different organisms for movements of the cell as a whole and within the cell boundaries
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Cell motility is a fascinating example of cell behavior which is fundamentally important to a number of biological and pathological processes. It is based on a complex self-organized mechano-chemical machine consisting of cytoskeletal filaments and molecular motors. In general, the cytoskeleton is responsible for the movement of the entire cell and for movements within the cell. The main challenge in the field of cell motility is to develop a complete physical description on how and why cells move. For this purpose new ways of modeling the properties of biological cells have to be found. This long term goal can only be achieved if new experimental techniques are developed to extract physical information from these living systems and if theoretical models are found which bridge the gap between molecular and mesoscopic length scales. Cell Motility gives an authoritative overview of the fundamental biological facts, theoretical models, and current experimental developments in this fascinating area.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cell Motility
Authors: Peter Lenz
Series Title: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73050-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-73049-3Published: 29 November 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8954-3Published: 20 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-73050-9Published: 24 November 2007
Series ISSN: 1618-7210
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5647
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 248
Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Human Physiology