Donald Ingber's Tensegrity Structures Tensegrity Structures Donald Ingber has been developing a model of cell structure and function using tensegrity structures for several years. Here is a list of referecnces to Donald Ingber's, et.
Cellular control lies in the balance of forces.
Ingber, D.E., The Architecture of Life. Ingber D.E., Integrins, tensegrity, and mechanotransduction. Grav. and Space Bio. Demonstration of mechanical connections between integrins, cytoskeletal filaments and nucleoplasm that stabilize nuclear structure. Mechanical continuity and reversible chromosome disassembly within intact genomes microsurgically removed from living cells.