Exploring the mechanical features of biological cells, this second edition now covers complex filaments, the cell division cycle, cell control and organization, and fluctuation phenomena. In full color and with around 280 end-of-chapter exercises, this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics and biomedical engineering.
Author(s): David Boal
Edition: 2
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 622
Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
List of symbols......Page 11
1 - Introduction to the cell......Page 15
2 - Soft materials and fluids......Page 39
Part I - Rods and ropes......Page 75
3 - Polymers......Page 77
4 - Complex filaments......Page 119
5 - Two-dimensional networks......Page 165
6 - Three-dimensional networks......Page 208
Part II - Membranes......Page 255
7 - Biomembranes......Page 257
8 - Membrane undulations......Page 306
9 - Intermembrane and electrostatic forces......Page 340
Part III - The whole cell......Page 385
10 - The simplest cells......Page 387
11 - Dynamic filaments......Page 426
12 - Growth and division......Page 468
13 - Signals and switches......Page 510
Appendix A - Animal cells and tissues......Page 539
Appendix B - The cellâ•Žs molecular building blocks......Page 545
Appendix C - Elementary statistical mechanics......Page 553
Appendix D - Elasticity......Page 560
Glossary......Page 568
References......Page 579
Index......Page 617
