Cytoskeletal mechanics : models and measurements

1. Introduction and the biological basis for cell mechanics Mohammad R. K. Mofrad and Roger Kamm 2. Experimental measurements of intracellular mechanics Paul Janmey and Christoph Schmidt 3. The cytoskeleton as a soft glassy material Jeffrey Fredberg and Ben Fabry 4. Continuum elastic or viscoelastic models for the cell Mohammad R. K. Mofrad, Helene Karcher and Roger Kamm 5. Multiphasic models of cell mechanics Farshid Guuilak, Mansoor A. Haider, Lori A. Setton, Tod A. Laursen and Frank P. T. Baaijens 6. Models of cytoskeletal mechanics based on tensegrity Dimitrije Stamenovic 7. Cells, gels and mechanics Gerald H. Pollack 8. Polymer-based models of cytoskeletal networks F. C. MacKintosh 9. Cell dynamics and the actin cytoskeleton James L. McGrath and C. Forbes Dewey, Jr 10. Active cellular motion: continuum theories and models Marc Herant and Micah Dembo 11. Summary Mohammad R. K. Mofrad and Roger Kamm.

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