Author: David G. Capco
Publisher: Academic Pr
Keywords: developmental, biology, vol, topics, current, mechanisms, development, cytoskeletal
Number of Pages: 501
Published: 1996-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0121531317
ISBN-13: 9780121531317

The cytoskeleton is central to cell biology and is instrumental in development events. Volume 31 is divided into two major sections: nonchordate development and chordate development. Summaries of each section compare evolutionary conservation among organisms.

Authors:Mohammad R. K. Mofrad, Roger Kamm,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: texts, biomedical, engineering, cambridge, measurements, mechanics, models, cytoskeletal
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2006-09-04
List price: $82.99
ISBN-10: 0521846374
ISBN-13: 9780521846370

The purpose of this book is to present a full spectrum of views on current approaches to modeling cell mechanics. In part, this diversity of opinions stems from the different backgrounds of those who have contributed to the field. The authors of this book come from the biophysics, bioengineering, and physical chemistry communities, and each joins the discussion with their own unique perspective on biological systems. Consequently, the approaches range from finite element methods as commonly used in continuum mechanics, to models of the cytoskeleton as a cross-linked polymer network, to models

Authors:Anne E. Cress, Raymond B. Nagle,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: metastasis, cancer, treatment, biology, molecules, adhesion, cytoskeletal, cell
Number of Pages: 198
Published: 2006-11-16
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 140205128X
ISBN-13: 9781402051289

The ability of an epithelial cell to adhere to its neighbor and to the extracellular environment is an essential process that defines in part a normal multicellular organism. In the post-genomic era of cancer biology, it is known that epithelial tumors are multi-clonal and are genetically unstable. In contrast, during the process of tumor metastasis, which is the major cause of death from cancer, a restricted set of adhesion molecules are displayed on the tumor cell surface. The adhesion molecules provide a selective advantage for migration of the tumor cell to a distant site. In this volume,

Author: Society of General Physiologists
Publisher: Rockefeller University Press
Keywords: physiologists, general, society, laboratory, biological, woods, series, marine, massachusetts, hole, annual, membrane, regulation, function, 50th, cytoskeletal, symposium
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1997
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0874700590
ISBN-13: 9780874700596