Hydrogels of Cytoskeletal Proteins Preparation, Structure, and Emergent Functions /

This book describes a new family of bio-polymer gels made from cytoskeletal proteins - actin, microtubule, and tropomyosin. The importance of the gel state with multi-scale hierarchical structure is emphasized to utilize emergent functions in living organisms. Detailed protocol of gel preparation, s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Osada, Yoshihito (Author), Kawamura, Ryuzo (Author), Sano, Ken-Ichi (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Biomaterials.
Biomedical engineering.
Polymers.
Biophysics.
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Summary:This book describes a new family of bio-polymer gels made from cytoskeletal proteins - actin, microtubule, and tropomyosin. The importance of the gel state with multi-scale hierarchical structure is emphasized to utilize emergent functions in living organisms. Detailed protocol of gel preparation, specified method of structure investigation, and dynamic studies of self-organization, self-healing, synchronized oscillating, and autonomous motility functions are introduced together with biomimetic functions of synthetic hydrogels.
Physical Description:XII, 79 p. 39 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319273778
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-27377-8

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