Current Topics in Membranes and Transport
Academic Press
Published on 29. August 1978
366 pages
978-0-08-058481-2 (ISBN)
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Current Topics in Membranes and Transport
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Felix Bronner | A. Kleinzeller
Current Topics in Membranes and Transport: v. 10
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09/1978
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- Front Cover
- Current Topics in Membranes and Transport, Volume 10
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Mechanochemical Properties of Membranes
- I. Introduction
- II. Intrinsic Membrane Forces and Moments
- III. Membrane Elasticity and Free Energy Storage
- IV. Membrane Viscosity and Fluidity
- V. Summary
- Symbols
- References
- Chapter 2. Receptor-Mediated Protein Transport into Cells. Entry Mechanisms for Toxins, Hormones, Antibodies, Viruses, Lysosomal Hydrolases, Asialoglycoproteins, and Carrier Proteins
- I. Introduction
- II. Toxins
- III. Carrier Proteins
- IV. Asialoglycoproteins
- V. Fibroblast Lysosomal Hydrolases
- VI. Antibodies
- VII. Viruses
- VIII. Growth Factors and Hormones
- IX. Summary
- X. Pharmacological Implications of Receptor-Mediated Protein Transport
- References
- Chapter 3. The Regulation of Intracellular Calcium
- I. Introduction
- II. The Chemical Basis of the Biological "Fitness" of Ca2+
- III. The Influence of Ca2+ on the Molecular Architecture and Functional Properties of Biological Membranes
- IV. Intracellular Concentrations of Ca2+
- V. General Considerations on the Regulation of Intracellular Ca2+
- VI. The Transport of Ca2+ across Plasma Membranes
- VII. The Transport of Ca2+ by Sarcoplasmic and Endoplasmic Reticulum
- VIII. The Transport of Ca2+ by Mitochondria
- IX. The Transcellular Transport of Ca2+
- X. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4. Calcium Transport and the Properties of a Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel in Red Cell Membranes
- I. Introduction
- II. The Ca-Sensitive K Channel in Red Cells
- III. Ca Transport
- IV. The Gating Mechanism
- V. Pharmacological Effects
- VI. The Movement of K and the Nature of the Permeability Mechanism
- VII. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5. Proton-Dependent Solute Transport in Microorganisms
- I. Introduction
- II. Principles of Gradient Coupling
- III. Cation Transport
- IV. Carbohydrate Transport
- V. Amino Acid Absorption in Fungi
- VI. Amino Acid Transport in Bacteria
- VII. Sodium-Dependent Systems
- VIII. Miscellaneous Compounds
- IX. General Conclusions
- References
- Subject Index
- Contents of Previous Volumes
