Front Matter; The Physics Of Listeria Propulsion; Biophysical Aspects of Actin-Based Cell Motility in Fish Epithelial Keratocytes; Directed Motility and Dictyostelium Aggregation; Microtubule Forces and Organization; Mechanisms of Molecular Motor Action and Inaction; Molecular Mechanism of Mycoplasma Gliding -- A Novel Cell Motility System; Hydrodynamics and Rheology of Active Polar Filaments; Collective Effects in Arrays of Cilia and Rotational Motors; Back Matter
Summary
Cell motility is an example of cell behavior which is important to a number of biological and pathological processes. The main challenge in the field is to develop a physical description on how and why cells move. This book gives an overview of the fundamental biological facts, theoretical models, and experimental developments in this area
