Tensegrity of Cell Structure
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This work was supported by grants from National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (19732003,19872080)and the Foundation of the State Education Ministry.

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    Tensegrity structure is comprised of compression-resistant elements and a set of continuous tensile elements that are interconnected with each other. The stability of such system depends on maintenance of tensional integrity inside the structure, or what has come to be termed “tensegrity”. According to studies on biology, cell structures are assembled on the basis of tensegrity mechanism. Tensegrity of cytoskeleton can affect cell shape and function. Furthermore, some basic rules of mechanochemical transduction in cells can be well explained using tensegrity theory.

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TANG Li-Ling, WANG Yuan-Liang, PAN Jun, LU Xiao, CAI Shao-Xi. Tensegrity of Cell Structure[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2001,28(2):160-163

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  • Received:April 18,2000
  • Revised:June 07,2000
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