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1 online resource (534 p.) |
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Front Cover -- MECHANISMS OF MORPHOGENESIS -- MECHANISMS OF MORPHOGENESIS -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to Third Edition -- A Note on References -- I -- Introductory Section -- 1 -- INTRODUCTION-THE AIMS AND STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK -- References -- 2 -- KEY PRINCIPLES OF MORPHOGENESIS -- THE IDEA OF 'MECHANISM' -- EMERGENCE -- EMERGENCE, TRAP-DOOR PROCESSES AND THE DANGERS OF POST HOC REASONING -- FEEDBACK, SELF-ASSEMBLY AND ADAPTIVE SELF-ORGANIZATION -- QUESTIONS OF AGENCY AND PURPOSE -- References -- 3 -- The Power and Limitations of Macro-Molecular Self-Assembly |
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INTRODUCTION TO SELF-ASSEMBLY -- SELF-ASSEMBLY OF BILAYERED MEMBRANES -- ONE-DIMENSIONAL SELF-ASSEMBLY: ACTIN -- ONE-DIMENSIONAL SELF-ASSEMBLY: COLLAGEN -- THREE-DIMENSIONAL SELF-ASSEMBLY: SIMPLE VIRUSES -- QUALITY CONTROL IN SELF-ASSEMBLING STRUCTURES -- LIMITATIONS TO SELF-ASSEMBLY -- References -- II -- Cell Shape and Cell Morphogenesis -- 4 -- Morphogenesis of Individual Cells: A Brief Overview -- FLATTENING AND ELONGATION OF CELLS -- CONSTRICTION/WEDGING OF CELLS -- PRODUCTION OF CELL PROCESSES -- CELL FUSIONS -- CELL CAVITATION |
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CHANGES IN CELL SHAPE CAN DIRECTLY DRIVE MORPHOGENESIS OF TISSUES -- References -- 5 -- Animal Cell Shape: The Importance of the Cytoskeleton -- TENSEGRITY -- BUILDING AND PLACEMENT OF TENSILE MICROFILAMENTS -- ADAPTIVE SELF-ORGANIZATION OF THE MICRO-FILAMENT TENSION SYSTEM -- ASSEMBLY OF THE MICROTUBULE SYSTEM -- FORMATION OF SPECIAL STRUCTURES: ACTIN-BASED CELL PROTRUSIONS -- FORMATION OF SPECIAL STRUCTURES: MICROTUBULE-BASED CELL PROTRUSIONS -- SUMMARY -- References -- 6 -- Cellular Morphogenesis in Plants -- DIFFUSE CELL ELONGATION IN PLANTS |
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FOCUSSED CELL GROWTH: ROOT HAIRS, POLLEN TUBES AND TRICHOMES -- References -- III -- Cell Migration -- 7 -- Cell Migration in Development: A Brief Overview -- MORPHOGENESIS BY COALESCENCE OF DISPERSED CELLS -- TRANSLOCATION OF GROUPS OF CELLS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER -- DISPERSAL OF CELLS FROM ONE SITE TO THE REST OF THE BODY -- MIGRATION BY CELL PROCESSES -- References -- 8 -- The Nano-Machinery of Locomotion -- PROTRUSION: THE ACTIN-BASED NANOMACHINERY OF THE LEADING EDGE -- Lamellipodia -- FILOPODIA IN CELL CRAWLING -- INVADOPODIA -- CONTROL OF FORMATION OF LAMELLIPODIA/FILOPODIA |
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ADVANCE OF THE CELL BODY -- RETRACTION OF THE REAR OF THE CELL -- AMOEBOID MOTION (BLEB-BASED MOTILITY) -- KEY POINTS TO TAKE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT CHAPTERS -- References -- 9 -- Guidance by Chemotaxis -- THE CHEMOTACTIC GRADIENT -- READING THE CHEMOTACTIC GRADIENT -- LINKING THE INTERNAL REPRESENTATION OF THE EXTERNAL GRADIENT TO MOTILITY -- HOW GOOD A MODEL IS D DISCOIDEUM FOR OTHER SPECIES? -- CHEMOREPULSION -- MULTIPLE SOURCES OF CHEMOREPELLANT CAN DEFINE A PATHWAY IN A WAY THAT MULTIPLE SOURCES OF CHEMOATTRACTANT CANNOT -- THE USEFULNESS OF NOISE TO DECISION MAKING BY MIGRATING CELLS |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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INTEGRATION OF CHEMOTAXIS AND CONTACT GUIDANCE |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780323985284 |
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0323985289 |
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