TY - GEN
T1 - A morpho-elastic model of hyphal tip growth in filamentous organisms
AU - Goriely, A.
AU - Tabor, M.
AU - Tongen, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Prof. N. P. Money and J. Dumais for helpful discussions. This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. DMS-0604704 (A.G. and M.T.).
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The growth of filamentous cells is modeled through the use of exact, nonlinear, elasticity theory for shells and membranes. The biomechanical model is able to capture the generic features of growth of a broad array of cells including actinomycetes, fungi, and root hairs. It also provides the means of studying the effects of external surface stresses. The growth mechanism is modeled by a process of incremental elastic growth in which the cell wall responds elastically to the continuous addition of new material.
AB - The growth of filamentous cells is modeled through the use of exact, nonlinear, elasticity theory for shells and membranes. The biomechanical model is able to capture the generic features of growth of a broad array of cells including actinomycetes, fungi, and root hairs. It also provides the means of studying the effects of external surface stresses. The growth mechanism is modeled by a process of incremental elastic growth in which the cell wall responds elastically to the continuous addition of new material.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-90-481-3348-2_21
DO - 10.1007/978-90-481-3348-2_21
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862577586
SN - 9789048133475
T3 - IUTAM Bookseries
SP - 245
EP - 255
BT - IUTAM Symposium on Cellular, Molecular and Tissue Mechanics - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium
T2 - IUTAM Symposium on Cellular, Molecular and Tissue Mechanics
Y2 - 18 June 2008 through 21 June 2008
ER -