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Author:

Jacobs, C. R. (Christopher R.)

Title:

Introduction to cell mechanics and mechanobiology / Christopher R. Jacobs, Hayden Huang, Ronald Y. Kwon.

Publisher:

Garland Science,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xvi, 351 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Subject:

Cells--Mechanical properties.
Cell Physiological Phenomena.
Biomechanical Phenomena.
Cells--Mechanical properties.

Other Authors:

Huang, Hayden.
Kwon, Ronald Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I. Principles -- 1. Cell Mechanics as a Framework -- 2. Fundamentals of Cell Biology -- 3. Solid Mechanics Primer -- 4. Fluid Mechanics Primer -- 5. Statistical Mechanics Primer -- Part II. Practices -- 6. Cell Mechanics in the Laboratory -- 7. Mechanics of Cellular Polymers -- 8. Polymer Networks and the Cytoskeleton -- 9. Mechanics of the Cell Membrane -- 10. Adhesion, Migration, and Contraction of the Cell -- 11. Mechanotransduction and Intracellular Signaling.

Summary:

"Introduction to Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology teaches advanced undergraduate students a quantitative understanding of the way cells detect, modify, and respond to the physical properties within the cell environment. Coverage includes the mechanics of single molecule polymers, polymer networks, two-dimensional membranes, whole-cell mechanics, and mechanobiology, as well as primer chapters on solid, fluid, and statistical mechanics"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0815344252 (pbk.)
9780815344254 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)793411748

LCCN:

2012018504

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)