edited by Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn, O. Roger Anderson, Wolf-Ernst Reif.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1987
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xix, 294 pages 115 illustrations)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
General Principles --; The Supramolecular Level --; Mechanical Factors Determining Morphogenesis of Protists --; Mechanical Factors Determining Plant Cell Morphogenesis --; Mechanical Forces Determining the Shape of Metazoan Cells.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Genetic information determines the composition of molecules comprising cytoskeletal elements, membranes and receptors. The supramolecular arrangement of these components represents a self-assembly process controlled by physicochemical and mechanical interactions. This general hypothesis demarcates the aim of studying cellular mechanics. Description and evaluation of mechanical properties of cells and their organelles, as well as of the forces exerted by them, is the scope of this book on Cytomechanics. Emphasis is laid on the role of mechanical properties in the generation of shape and cytoplasmic motion, and on the basic principles and components determining mechanical properties.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cytology.
Life sciences.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QH611
Book number
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E358
1987
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn, O. Roger Anderson, Wolf-Ernst Reif.