Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The energy around us
- 2 Molecular contacts
- 3 Diffusion and directed transport
- 4 Energy production
- 5 Force and movement
- 6 Load bearing
- 7 Fluid and air flow
- 8 Biophysical interfaces
- 9 Membrane electrical properties
- 10 Agonist activation and analysis
- 11 Stability, complexity and non-linear systems
- 12 Concluding remarks
- Index
- References
6 - Load bearing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The energy around us
- 2 Molecular contacts
- 3 Diffusion and directed transport
- 4 Energy production
- 5 Force and movement
- 6 Load bearing
- 7 Fluid and air flow
- 8 Biophysical interfaces
- 9 Membrane electrical properties
- 10 Agonist activation and analysis
- 11 Stability, complexity and non-linear systems
- 12 Concluding remarks
- Index
- References
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- BiophysicsA Physiological Approach, pp. 123 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012