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Cell movements : from molecules to motility / Dennis Bray.

Title
Cell movements : from molecules to motility / Dennis Bray.
Author
Bray, Dennis
Publication
New York : Garland Pub., c2001.

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Description
xiv, 372 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
This book vividly describes how complex and integrated movements can arise from the properties and behaviors of biological molecules. It provides a uniquely integrated account in which the latest findings from biophysics and molecular biology are put into the context of living cells. This second edition is updated throughout with recent advances in the field and has a completely revised and redrawn art program. The text is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and for professionals wishing for an overview of this field.
Subject
  • Cell Movement
  • Cells > Motility
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Cell swimming -- Migration of cells over surfaces -- Cell behavior -- The cytoskeleton -- Actin filaments -- Actin and membranes -- Myosin -- Fibroblast locomotion -- The molecular basis of muscle contraction -- Muscle development -- Microtubules -- Organelle transport -- Mitosis -- Cilia -- Centrioles and basal bodies -- Bacterial movements -- Intermediate filaments -- Cell mechanics -- Cell shape -- Cell movements in embryos.
ISBN
0815332823 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^00055159^
OCLC
  • 44467304
  • SCSB-10291154
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library