1 ectures that do not rely on helix bundles or
tensegrity.
2 nal change via the inherent deployability of
tensegrity.
3 Tensegrity also provides a mechanism to focus mechanical
4 ntal findings, which suggests that cells use
tensegrity architecture for their organization.
5 We have noted previously that
tensegrity architecture seems to capture essential quali
6 s a close similarity between the concepts of
tensegrity (
associated with geodesic domes and mechanica
7 ation experiments, we have formulated a new,
tensegrity-
based model of gravity sensing in columella c
8 inconsistent with the proposal that cellular
tensegrity determines cell shape.
9 foam networks, prestressed cable nets, and a
tensegrity model as a special case of the latter.
10 The
tensegrity model revealed the possibility that buckling
11 The prestressed cable net and
tensegrity model yielded much lower elastic moduli (10(1
12 nt with specific a priori predictions of the
tensegrity model.
13 ased sheet-like ribbon, and a 3D crystalline
tensegrity motif, in quantitative agreement with experim
14 s filament gel, tensed cortical membrane, or
tensegrity network that maintains a stabilizing prestres
15 Tensegrity,
or tensional integrity, is a property of a s
16 Tensegrity predicts that cells are hard-wired to respond
17 In the current study, we have integrated
tensegrity principle into this concept to assemble well
18 These findings suggest that
tensegrity represents a unified model of cell mechanics
19 r role as discrete support elements within a
tensegrity-
stabilized cytoskeletal array.
20 For simplicity, we focus on a
tensegrity structure containing six rigid struts interco
21 Our DNA
tensegrity structures can self-assemble against forces u
22 Tensegrity structures exhibit extremely high strength-to
23 rt nanoscale, prestressed, three-dimensional
tensegrity structures in which rigid bundles of DNA doub
24 Tensegrity structures with detached struts are naturally
25 ing, and modeling of tensionally integrated (
tensegrity)
systems of mechanochemical control.
26 rough modular design, we can generate active
tensegrities that are relatively stiff yet resilient wit
27 Because of
tensegrity,
the cellular response to stress differs depe
28 ion-dependent form of architecture, known as
tensegrity,
to organize and stabilize their cytoskeleton
29 -assembly of a DNA crystal that contains two
tensegrity triangle molecules per asymmetric unit.
30 into a DNA building block based on a dimeric
tensegrity triangle.
31 self-assembled, 3D crystal based on the DNA
tensegrity triangle.
32 l based on the 3-fold rotationally symmetric
tensegrity triangle3, 6 that can be functionalized by a