Systems Biomechanics of the Cell

• Main Author: Maly, Ivan V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Bioengineering, 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Cell biology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Cell Biology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

Systems Biomechanics of the Cell attempts to outline systems biomechanics of the cell as an emergent and promising discipline. The new field owes conceptually to cell mechanics, organism-level systems biomechanics, and biology of biochemical systems. Its distinct methodology is to elucidate the stru...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Instability of symmetry
• Unipolar cell body
• Bipolar cell body
• Boundary dynamics
• Emergent irreversibility
• Dissipative oscillations.