Physics and the Architecture of Cell Membranes,

What is a membrane? Introduction. The organic boundary. Types of cell membrane. Analysis of cell membranes. Membrane composition. Artificial membranes. Summary. Miscellaneous membranes: Introduction. The erythrocyte membrane. Myelin. Retinal rod disc membranes. The purple membrane. The bladder luminal membrane. Summary. Membrane microscopy: Introduction. The electron microscope. The specimen. The thin-section positive staining technique. The negative staining technique. The freeze-fracture technique. Recent developments. Summary. Membrane crystllography: Introduction. Types of diffraction pattern. Diffraction and Fourier analysis. X-ray diffraction. Neutron diffraction. Electron diffraction. Summary. Thermal analysis: Introduction. Differential thermal analysis. Differential scanning calorimetry. Summary. Membrane magnetic resonance: Introduction. Magnetic resonance. Nuclear mangetic resonace spectroscopy. Fourier transform NMR spectroscopy. Electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Summary. Membrane optics: Introduction. Vibrational spectroscopy. Fluorescence. Polarimetry. Summary. Conclusion. Rurther reading. References. Index.