Biomechanics of Active Movement and Deformation of Cells

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Cytokinesis in Animal Cells

   • R. Rappaport

   Pages 1-34

3. Force Generation in the Mitotic Spindle

   • J. Richard McIntosh

   Pages 35-71

4. Microtubules in Interphase and Mitosis of Cellular Slime Molds

   • Urs-Peter Roos, Bruno Guhl

   Pages 73-107

5. Some Basic Principles of Mechanics as Applied to Cytology

   • Nuri Akkas

   Pages 109-154

6. Thermodynamics and Mechanics of Active Cell Motions

   • Richard Skalak, Cheng Zhu

   Pages 155-183

7. Physical Model for Phagocyte Motility: Local Growth of a Contractile Network from a Passive Body

   • Evan Evans, Micah Dembo

   Pages 185-214

8. Dynamic Cytomatrix-Membrane Interactions in Cell Shape and Organization

   • M. De Brabander, R. Nuydens, H. Geerts

   Pages 215-234

9. Mechanisms of Membrane Fusion

   • Charles A. Pasternak

   Pages 235-248

10. Protrusive Activity of the Cell Surface and the Movements of Tissue Cells

    • Albert K. Harris

    Pages 249-294

11. The Mechanics of Morphogenesis in Multicellular Embryos

    • Jay E. Mittenthal, Antone G. Jacobson

    Pages 295-401

12. Mathematical Models and Analysing Methods for the Lamellipodial Activity of Leukocytes

    • Wolfgang Alt

    Pages 403-422

13. Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Physarum Cytoplasm

    • Dany Spencer Adams

    Pages 423-428

14. Biophysical Analysis of Neutrophil Motility

    • Scott I. Simon, Geert Schmid-Schoenbein

    Pages 429-436

15. Three Position Controller for Tensile Regulation of Axon Length

    • Robert E. Buxbaum, Steven R. Heidemann

    Pages 437-442

16. Patterns of Discrete Cell-Cell Contacts Formed on Erythrocytes by Polycations, Lectins and Polysaccharides

    • W. Terence Coakley, Homa Darmani, Dominique Gallez

    Pages 443-448

17. Neutrophil Granulocytes: A Model for Analyzing the Relationship Between Shape, Function and Cytoskeletal Structure

    • Keller Hansuli, Zimmermann Arthur, Niggli Verena

    Pages 449-454

18. The Invasive Behaviour of Murine T-Lymphoma Cells In Vitro

    • Hendrik Verschueren, Georges K. De Bruyne, Daniel Dekegel, Marc M. Mareel, Patrick De Baetselier

    Pages 455-460

19. Active Motion and Deformation in Vascular Endothelial Cells Exposed to Flow

    • R. M. Nerem

    Pages 461-469

20. Mechanical Development of the Notochord in Xenopus Early Tail-Bud Embryos

    • M. A. R. Koehl, Dany S. Adams, Ray E. Keller

    Pages 471-485

Cytomechanics is the application of the classical principles of mechanics in cell biology. It is an applied science concerned with the description and evaluation of mechanical properties of cells and their organelles as well as of the forces exerted by them. Thus, this topic needs a truly interdisciplinary approach, and accordingly this volume gives an up-to-date account of the current research done on cell division, mitosis, cytokinesis, cell locomotion and cell deformation during normal development and the cytoskeletal role in cell shape. Biologists, biomechanicians, biophysicists, biochemists and biomathematicians here discuss the basic concepts of mechanics and thermodynamics, emphasizing their applicability to cell activities.

• Mitose
• biology
• biomechanics
• cell
• cell biology
• cell division
• cells
• cytokine
• cytology
• endothelium
• erythrocyte
• image analysis
• leukocyte
• polysaccharide
• tissue

• Department of Engineering Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  Nuri Akkaş

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