Actin-based Motility - Cellular, Molecular and Physical Aspects (Hardcover, 2010 Ed.)

Since the discovery of actin by Straub in the 1950's and the pioneering work of Oosawa on actin self-assembly in helical laments in the 1960's, many books and conference proceedings have been published. As one of the most essential p- teins in life, essential for movement in organisms rangingfrom bacteria to higher eukaryotes, it is no surprise that actin has fascinated generations of scientists from many different elds. Actin can be considered as a "living treasure" of biology; the kinetics and thermodynamics of self-assembly, the dissipative nature of actin po- merization, the molecular interactions of monomeric and polymerized actin with regulators, the mechanical properties of actin gels, and more recently the force p- ducing motile and morphogenetic processes organized by the actin nanomachine in response to signaling, are all milestones in actin research. Discoveries that directly derive from and provide deeper insight into the fundamental properties of actin are constantly being made, making actin an ever appealing research molecule. At the same time, the explosion in new technologies and techniques in biological sciences has served to attract researchers from an expanding number of disciplines, to study actin. This book presents the latest developments of these new multiscale approaches of force and movement powered by self-assembly processes, with the hope to opening our perspectives on the many areas of actin-based motility research.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	September 2010
Editors:	Marie-France Carlier
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	435
Edition:	2010 Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-9300-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Developmental biology Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN:	90-481-9300-1
Barcode:	9789048193004

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