Human body motion can generate a biological electric field and a current, creating a voltage
gradient of− 10 to− 90 mV across cell membranes. In turn, this gradient triggers cells to …

FtsZ, a bacterial homolog of tubulin, is well established as forming the cytoskeletal
framework for the cytokinetic ring. Recent work has shown that purified FtsZ, in the absence …

Classical biochemistry is founded on several assumptions valid in dilute aqueous solutions
that are often extended without question to the interior milieu of intact cells. In the first section …

Electrostatic correlations play an important role in physics, chemistry and biology. In
plasmas they result in thermodynamic instability similar to the liquid–gas phase transition of …

Exploring recent developments in the field, Coarse-Graining of Condensed Phase and
Biomolecular Systems examines systematic ways of constructing coarse-grained …

Gene and antisense/ribozyme therapy possesses tremendous potential for the successful
treatment of genetically based diseases, such as cancer. Several cancer gene therapy …

Janmey, Paul A. The Cytoskeleton and Cell Signaling: Component Localization and
Mechanical Coupling. Physiol. Rev. 78: 763–781, 1998.—The three-dimensional …

A stable phase of toroidal, or ringlike, supramolecular assemblies was formed by combining
dilute solution characteristics critical for both bundling of like-charged biopolymers and block …

Cell division in Escherichia coli begins with assembly of the tubulin-like FtsZ protein into a
ring structure just underneath the cell membrane. Spatial control over Z ring assembly is …

Despite their overwhelming complexity, living cells display a high degree of internal
mechanical and functional organization which can largely be attributed to the intracellular …