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Record Nr.

UNINA9910734098103321

Autore

Maly Ivan V

Titolo

Systems Biomechanics of the Cell / / by Ivan V. Maly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer US : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-4614-6883-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (55 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Bioengineering, , 2193-097X ; ; 1

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering

Cell biology

Biophysics

Biological physics

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Cell Biology

Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 structure and behavior of the cell by analyzing the unintuitive collective effects of elementary physical forces that interact within the heritable cellular framework. The problematics amenable to this approach includes the variety of cellular activities that involve the form and movement of the cell body and boundary (nucleus, centrosome, microtubules, cortex, and membrane). Among the elementary system effects in the biomechanics of the cell, instability of symmetry, emergent irreversibility, and multiperiodic dissipative motion can be noted. Research results from recent journal articles are placed in this unifying framework. It is suggested that the emergent discipline has the potential to expand the spectrum of



questions asked about the cell, and to further clarify the physical nature of animate matter and motion.