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Author Boal, David H., author.

Title Mechanics of the cell / David Boal
Edition 2nd ed
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 608 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents 1. Introduction to the cell -- 2. Soft materials and fluids -- 3. Polymers -- 4. Complex filaments -- 5. Two-dimensional networks -- 6. Three-dimensional networks -- 7. Biomembranes -- 8. Membrane undulations -- 9. Intermembrane and electrostatic forces -- 10. The simplest cells -- 11. Dynamic filaments -- 12. Growth and division -- 13. Signals and switches -- appendix A. Animal cells and tissues -- appendix B. The cell's molecular building blocks -- appendix C. Elementary statistical mechanics -- appendix D. Elasticity
Summary "Exploring the mechanical features of biological cells, including their architecture and stability, this textbook is a pedagogical introduction to the interdisciplinary fields of cell mechanics and soft matter physics from both experimental and theoretical perspectives. This second edition has been greatly updated and expanded, with new chapters on complex filaments, the cell division cycle, the mechanisms of control and organization in the cell, and fluctuation phenomena. The textbook is now in full color which enhances the diagrams and allows the inclusion of new microscopy images. With more than 300 end-of-chapter exercises exploring further applications, this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics and biomedical engineering. A website hosted by the author contains extra support material, diagrams and lecture notes, and is available at www.cambridge.org/9780521130691"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis cellen
cells
mechanica
mechanics
celbiologie
cellular biology
membranen
membranes
fysica
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studieboeken
textbooks
Biomechanics
Cellular Biology
Biomechanica
Celbiologie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-602) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cells -- Mechanical properties.
Physical biochemistry.
Cell physiology.
Cell Physiological Phenomena
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biophysics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
Cell physiology
Cells -- Mechanical properties
Physical biochemistry
Biomechanik
Celle
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011038238
ISBN 9781139223348
1139223348
1139216813
9781139216814
9781139022217
1139022210
9781139219914
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9780511810954
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