Cytomechanics

I. General Principles.- I.1 Mechanical Principles of Architecture of Eukaryotic Cells.- I.2 Evaluation of Cytomechanical Properties.- I.3 Use of Finite Element Methods in Cytomechanics: Study of the Mechanical Stability of the Skeletal Basal Plate of Callimitra a Biomineralizing Protozoan.- I.4 Mechanics and Hydrodynamics of Rotating Filaments.- II. The Supramolecular Level.- II.1 Mechanical Concepts of Membrane Dynamics: Diffusion and Phase Separation in Two Dimensions.- II.2 Implications of Microtubules in Cytomechanics: Static and Motile Aspects.- II.3 The Nature and Significance of ATP-Induced Contraction of Microtubule Gels.- II.4 Generation of Propulsive Forces by Cilia and Flagella.- II.5 The Cortical Cytoplasmic Actin Gel.- II.6 Dynamic Organization and Force Production in Cytoplasmic Strands.- III. Mechanical Factors Determining Morphogenesis of Protists.- III.1 Determination of Body Shape in Protists by Cortical Structures.- III.2 Morphogenetic Forces in Diatom Cell Wall Formation.- III.3 The Cytoskeletal and Biomineralized Supportive Structures in Radiolaria.- IV. Mechanical Factors Determining Plant Cell Morphogenesis.- IV. 1 Mechanical and Hydraulic Aspects of Plant Cell Growth.- IV.2 Plant Cytomechanics and Its Relationship to the Development of Form.- IV.3 Mechanical Properties of the Cyclamen Stalk and Their Structural Basis.- V. Mechanical Forces Determining the Shape of Metazoan Cells.- V.I Forces Shaping an Erythrocyte.- V.2 Hydrostatic Pressure in Metazoan Cells in Culture: Its Involvement in Locomotion and Shape Generation.- V.3 The Transmission of Forces Between Cells and Their Environment.