Building a cell from its component parts

This new volume of Methods in Cell Biology looks at building a cell from its component parts. Chapters cover such topics as engineering motor scaffolds, artificial cytoskeletons, interconnected droplet networks and artificial cells; building cytoskeletal systems and artificial actin cortex on pillar arrays; reconstituting membrane fission, actin bundles at membranes, actin cortex in droplets, dynein-dynactin mediated cargo transport, MinD systems, protein-lipid machines that transform membranes, protein interactions and signaling on artificial lipid bilayers. With cutting-edge material, this comprehensive collection is intended to guide researchers for years to come.

• Covers sections on model systems and functional studies, imaging-based approaches and emerging studies
• Chapters are written by experts in the field
• Cutting-edge material