Recommended Reading

Molecular Biology of the Cell, Alberts et al.

Chapter 16, pgs 965-1010 in the 5^th edition (general overview of the cytoskeleton)

Chapter 24, pgs 1514-1517 (actin-based motility of Listeria)

Physical Biology of the Cell, Phillips et al.

Chapter 15, pgs 541-545 and pgs 566-586 (cytoskeletal protein dynamics)

Chapter 15, pgs 629-643 (force generation by polymerization)

A. Mogilner and G. Oster (2003). Polymer motors: Pushing out the front and pulling up the back. Current Biology 13: R721-33.