Tensegrity, cellular biophysics, and the mechanics of living systems

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ingber, Donald E ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Stamenović, Dimitrije ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

biophysics; cells; tensegrity

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84897480391     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/77/4/046603     Document Type: Review

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