Hydrogels of Cytoskeletal Proteins
Preparation, Structure, and Emergent Functions| By: | Yoshihito Osada; Ryuzo Kawamura; Ken-Ichi Sano |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9783319273754 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783319273778 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2016 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.