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cellular tensegrity: a standalone construct

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Cell biology

the model by Ingber that cell shape and mechanics come from a balance of tensed cytoskeletal filaments and compression-bearing elements.

In cell biology, cellular tensegrity refers to the model by Ingber that cell shape and mechanics come from a balance of tensed cytoskeletal filaments and compression-bearing elements. This meaning comes from Ingber (1993) in Journal of Cell Science.[1]

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References

Ingber, D. E. (1993). Cellular tensegrity: defining new rules of biological design that govern the cytoskeleton. Journal of Cell Science, 104(3), 613-627. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.104.3.613

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