2nd Edition

Cell Movements From Molecules to Motility

By Dennis Bray Copyright 2001
    386 Pages
    by Garland Science

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Dennis Bray received his PhD 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.