Cell Movements

Description

Cell Movements vividly describes how complex movements can arise from the properties and behaviors of biological molecules. This second edition is updated throughout with recent advances in the field and has a completely revised and redrawn artwork program. The text is suitable for advanced undergraduates as well as for professionals wishing for an overview of this field.

Contents

Contents:

1. Cell Swimming 2. Migration of Cells over Surfaces 3. Cell Behavior 4. The Cytoskeleton 5. Actin Filaments 6. Actin and Membranes 7. Myosin 8. Firoblast Locomotion 9. The Molecular Basis of Muscle Contraction 10. Muscle Development 11. Microtubules 12. Organelle Transport 13. Mitosis 14. Cilia 15. Centrioles and Basal Bodies 16. Bacterial Movements 17. Intermediate Filaments 18. Cell Mechanics 19. Cell Shape 20. Cell Movements and Embyogenesis

Author Bio

Dennis Bray received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School before moving to the UK. Since then, he has been employed as a research scientist by the Medical Research Council, working at laboratories in London and in Cambridge. At various times he has served as visiting professor at the University of Otago at Washington University and at the California Institute of Technology. His research interests include neurobiology, cell biology, and the emerging field of computational cell biology. He is a co-author of the best-selling texts Molecular Biology of the Cell and Essential Cell Biology by Alberts et al.

Related Subject

1. Biology