Cell motility / Peter Lenz (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lenz, Peter, 1970-

Series:

Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cells--Motility.

Cells.

Cell Movement.

Medical Subjects:

Cell Movement.

Physical Description:

xiv, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Springer, 2008.

Summary:

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 provides an authoritative overview of the fundamental biological facts, theoretical models, and current experimental developments in this fascinating area.

Contents:

1 The Physics Of Listeria Propulsion / Jacques Prost, Jean-Francois Joanny, Peter Lenz, Cecile Sykes 1

2 Biophysical Aspects of Actin-Based Cell Motility in Fish Epithelial Keratocytes / Kinneret Keren, Julie A. Theriot 31

3 Directed Motility and Dictyostelium Aggregation / Herbert Levine, Wouter-Jan Rappel 59

4 Microtubule Forces and Organization / Marileen Dogterom, Julien Husson, Liedewij Laan, Laura Munteanu, Christian Tischer 93

5 Mechanisms of Molecular Motor Action and Inaction / Sarah Rice 117

6 Molecular Mechanism of Mycoplasma Gliding - A Novel Cell Motility System / Makoto Miyata 137

7 Hydrodynamics and Rheology of Active Polar Filaments / Tanniemola B. Liverpool, M. Cristina Marchetti 177

8 Collective Effects in Arrays of Cilia and Rotational Motors / Peter Lenz 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0387730494

9780387730493

OCLC:

191808042