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Contents list for Soft Matter, issue 3, 2007

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Front cover
Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 249
DOI: 10.1039/b701883p

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Inside front cover
Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 250
DOI: 10.1039/b701884n

Contents
Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 251
DOI: 10.1039/b701885c

Editorial

Cells and proteins at interfaces
Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 261
DOI: 10.1039/b700087c

Highlight

Soft matters in cell adhesion: rigidity sensing on soft elastic substrates
Ulrich Schwarz,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 263
DOI: 10.1039/b606409d
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Emerging Area

Dynamic control of biomolecular activity using electrical interfaces
Ian Y. Wong, Matthew J. Footer and Nicholas A. Melosh,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 267
DOI: 10.1039/b607279h
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Reviews

Vesicles as a model for controlled (de-)adhesion of cells: a thermodynamic approach
Ana-Sunana Smith and Udo Seifert,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 275
DOI: 10.1039/b611892e
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Microcontact printing of proteins for neuronal cell guidance
Andreas Offenhäusser, Simone Böcker-Meffert, Tanja Decker, Rita Helpenstein, Peter Gasteier, Jürgen Groll, Martin Möller, Anna Reska, Susanne Schäfer, Petra Schulte and Angela Vogt-Eisele,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 290
DOI: 10.1039/b607615g
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Soft biological materials and their impact on cell function
Ilya Levental, Penelope C. Georges and Paul A. Janmey,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 299
DOI: 10.1039/b610522j
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Cellular chemomechanics at interfaces: sensing, integration and response
Philippe P. Girard, Elisabetta A. Cavalcanti-Adam, Ralf Kemkemer and Joachim P. Spatz,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 307
DOI: 10.1039/b614008d
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Papers

Hyaluronan in the pericellular coat: an additional layer of complexity in early cell adhesion events
Miriam Cohen, Derk Joester, Ilana Sabanay, Lia Addadi and Benjamin Geiger,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 327
DOI: 10.1039/b613770a
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Polymer-tethered membranes as quantitative models for the study of integrin-mediated cell adhesion
Oliver Purrucker, Stefanie Gönnenwein, Anton Förtig, Rainer Jordan, Monika Rusp, Michael Bärmann, Luis Moroder, Erich Sackmann and Motomu Tanaka,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 333
DOI: 10.1039/b612069e
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Cell-assisted assembly of colloidal crystallites
Vamsi K. Kodali, Wouter Roos, Joachim P. Spatz and Jennifer E. Curtis,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 337
DOI: 10.1039/b611022n
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Engineered networks of oriented microtubule filaments for directed cargo transport
Robert K. Doot, Henry Hess and Viola Vogel,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 349
DOI: 10.1039/b607281j
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Probing cell shape regulation with patterned substratum: requirement of myosin II-mediated contractility
Christopher C. Mader, Edward H. Hinchcliffe and Yu-li Wang,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 357
DOI: 10.1039/b606590b
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Nuclear pores and membrane holes: generic models for confined chains and entropic barriers in pore stabilization
Peter J. Photos, Harry Bermudez, Helim Aranda-Espinoza, Julian Shillcock and Dennis E. Discher,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 364
DOI: 10.1039/b611412c
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Integrins and syndecan-4 make distinct, but critical, contributions to adhesion contact formation
Mark D. Bass, Mark R. Morgan and Martin J. Humphries,  Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 372
DOI: 10.1039/b614610d
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Back matter
Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 377
DOI: 10.1039/b701886j

Back cover
Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 379
DOI: 10.1039/b701887h