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Albert K. Harris References

Beloussov, Lev (2006). An interview with Albert Harris. Direct physical formation of anatomical structures by cell traction forces. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 50: 93-101. (PDF)

Harris, Albert K. (2004). Review of 'Embryologist: My Eight Decades in Developmental Biology. By John Philip Trinkaus.' Quarterly Review of Biology 79: 78.

Harris, Albert K. (1999) (In Russian) Cellular forces and the shaping of anatomical structures, in "Mechanics of Growth and Morphogenesis" ("Mechanika Rosta i Morfogeneza"), eds. L.V. Beloussov and A.A.Stein, Volume 10 of "Modern Problems of Biomechanics, Moscow University Press.

Harris, Albert K. (1998) Polarity and polarization of fibroblasts in culture, In: Cell Polarity (J. R. Bartles, ed.) JAI Press Inc. Greenwich, CT.

Harris, Albert K. (1998) A dozen questions about how tissue cells crawl, In Cell Behavior: Control and Mechanism; pp. 315-341 in Biochemical Society Symposium No. 65 (J.M. Lackie ed.) Portland Press Inc. London, England. (ABSTRACT)

Crenshaw, H. C., Allen, J. H., Skeen, V. , Harris, A. K. and Salmon, E. D. (1996) Hydrostatic pressure has different effects on the assembly of tubulin, actin, myosin II, vinculin, talin, vimentin and cytokeratin in mammalian tissue cells. Experimental Cell Research 227: 285-297.

Harris, A. K. (1994) The Locomotion of tissue culture cells, considered in relation to amoeboid locomotion. International Review of. Cytology. 150: 35-67.

Harris, Albert K. (1994) Cytokinesis: The mechanism of formation of the contractile ring in cytokinesis. pp. 37-66 in Biomechanics of Active Movements and Division of Cells, edit. N. Akkas, Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Harris, Albert K. (1994) Multicellular mechanics in the creation of anatomical structures. pp. 87-129 in Biomechanics of Active Movements and Division of Cells, edit. N. Akkas, Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Harris, A. K. (1991) Physical force and pattern formation in limb development. in "Developmental pattterning of the vertebrate limb" Edited by J. R. Hinchliffe, J. M. Hurle and D. Summerbell. NATO ASI Series A, Vol 205 pp. 203-210; Plenum, New York.

Harris, A. K. (1990) Testing cleavage mechanisms by comparing computer simulations to actual experimental results in "Cytokinesis: Mechanisms of Furrow Formation During Cell Division" edited by G. W. Conrad and T. E. Schroeder, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 582: 60-77.

Harris, A. K., N.K. Pryer and D. Paydarfar (1990) Effects of electric fields on fibroblast contractility and cytoskeleton. J. Exp. Zool. 253: 163-176. (ABSTRACT)

Harris, A. K. (1990) Protrusive activity of the cell surface and the movements of tissue cells in "Biomechanics of Active Movement and Deformation of Cells" Edited by Nuri Akkas. NATO ASI Series H, Vol 42 pp. 249-294.

Harris, A. K. and S. Gewalt (1989) Stimulation testing of mechanisms for the formation of the contractile ring in cytokinesis. J. Cell Biol. 109: 2215-2223. (PDF)

Harris, A.K. (1988) Methods for study of fibroblasts. Methods Enzymology 163: 623-642.

Danowski, B. A. and A. K. Harris (1988) Changes in fibroblast contractility, morphology and adhesion in response to a phorbol ester tumor promoter. Exp. Cell Res. 177: 47-59. (ABSTRACT)

Bond, C, and A. K. Harris (1988) Locomotion of sponges and its physical mechanism. J. Exp. Zool. 246: 271-284. (ABSTRACT)

Harris, A.K. (1987) Cell motility and the problem of anatomical homeostasis. J. Cell Sci. supp. 8: 121-140. (ABSTRACT)

Harris, A. K. (1986) Cell traction in relationship to morphogenesis and malignancy. Developmental Biology, Vol. 3, ed. M. S. Steinberg, Plenum Publishing Co.

Stopak, D., N.K. Wessells and A.K. Harris (1985) Morphogenetic rearrangement of injected collagen in developing limb buds. P.N.A.S. 82: 2804-2808. (PDF)

Harris, A. K., Stopak, D. & Warner, P. (1984) Generation of spatially periodic patterns by a mechanical instability: a mechanical alternative to the Turing model. J. Emb. Exp. Morph. 80: 1-20. (ABSTRACT)

Harris, A. K. (1984) Cell traction and the generation of anatomical structure pp. 103-122 in Lecture Notes in Biomathematics Vol. 55; Modeling of Patterns in Space and Time edit. W. Jager and J.D. Murray Springer, Berlin.

Harris, A. K. (1984) Tissue culture cells on deformable substrata: biomechanical implications. J. Biomech. Eng. 106: 19-24. (ABSTRACT)

Harris, A. K. (1983) Cell migration and its directional guidance. in "Cell Interactions and Development: Molecular Mechanisms" edited by K. Yamada, J. Wiley & sons, N. Y.

Leader, W. M., Stopak, D. and A.K. Harris (1983) Increased contractile strength and tightened adhesions to the substratum result from reverse transformation of CHO cells by dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate. J. of Cell Science 64: 1-11. (PDF)

Murray, J. D., Oster, G.F. and A.K. Harris (1983) A mechanical model for mesenchymal morphogenesis. J. Mathematical Biology 17: 125-129.

Oster, G.F., J.D. Murray and A.K. Harris (1983) Mechanical aspects of mesenchymal morphogenesis. J. Emb. Exp. Morph. 78: 83-125. (ABSTRACT)

Stopak, D. and A.K. Harris (1982) Connective tissue morphogenesis by fibroblast traction I. Tissue culture observations. Developmental Biology 90: 383-398.

Rich, A. and A. K. Harris (1981) Anomalous preferences of macrophages for roughened and hydrophobic substrata. J. of Cell Science 50: 1-7. (PDF)

Dembo, M. and A. K. Harris (1981)Motion of particles adhering to the leading lamella of crawling cells. J. Cell Biology 91: 528-536. (PDF)

Harris, A. K., P. Wild and D. Stopak (1980) Silicone rubber substrata: a new wrinkle in the study of cell locomotion. Science 208: 177-179. (ABSTRACT)

Harris, A. K., D. Stopak and P. Wild (1980) Fibroblast traction as a mechanism for collagen morphogenesis. Nature 290: 249-251. (ABSTRACT)

Harris, A. K. (1976) Is cell sorting caused by differences in the work of intracellular adhesion? A critique of the Steinberg hypothesis. J. Theoretical Biology 61: 267-285.

Harris, A. K. (1976) Recycling of dissolved membrane components as an explanation of the capping phenomenon. Nature 263: 781-783.

Harris, A. K. (1974) Contact inhibition of cell locomotion. pp. 147-185 in "Cell Communication", edit. R. Cox, J. Wiley & sons N.Y.

Harris, A. K. (1973) Cell surface movements related to cell locomotion. pp. 3-26 in "Locomotion of Tissue Cells" Ciba Foundation Symposium, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Harris, A. K. (1973) Behavior of cultured cells on substrata of variable adhesiveness. Exp. Cell Res. 77: 285-297.

Harris, A. K. (1973) Location of cellular adhesions to solid substrata. Dev. Biol. 35: 97-114.

Harris, A. K. and G. A. Dunn (1972) Centripetal transport of attached particles on both surfaces of moving fibroblasts. Exp. Cell Res. 73: 519-523.

Also see: Bond, Calhoun. (1998) "Keeping Up With The Sponges" Natural History Magazine, January issue 1998, pages 22-25.

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