Cell Membrane Transport

Principles and Techniques

Arnost Kotyk (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

584 Seiten

2011 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4613-4415-5 (ISBN)

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TO THE SECOND EDITION When preparing the manuscript for the original edition of this book we were only partly aware of the pace at which the field of membrane transport was developing and at which new ideas as well as new techniques would be applied to it. The fact is that some of the chapters are now outdated (e. g. , the one on the molecular aspects of transport) and many others require revision in the light of new information that has appeared in the past five years. However, it is also true that we overemphasized in the first edition certain points that now appear less important and underestimated the impact of certain others that have since assumed a position among the most forcefully discussed topics of membrane research. In making amends, it was thus thought useful to include the discussion of these latter problems both in the theoretical and in the comparative sections and, on the other hand, to omit some of the less topical subjects. There was a different reason for rewriting the section on kidney and for dropping the section on mito chondria. The help of an expert nephrologist was enlisted for improving chapter 24, while it was decided that mitochondria represent a special field both conceptually (being only subcellular particles) and methodologically (more indirect estimation techniques being involved than with whole cells or tissues) and that more adequate information can be found in treatises specializing in work with mitochondria.

Structural Aspects.- 1. Composition and Structure of Cell Membranes.- Kinetic Aspects.- 2. Transport in Homogeneous Liquid Phase.- 3. Passive Membrane Transport of Nonelectrolytes.- 4. Permeation of Ions and Water.- 5. Active and Coupled Uphill Transport.- 6. Kinetics of Tracer Exchange.- 7. Special Types of Transport.- Molecular Aspects.- 8. Molecular Basis of Transport.- Methodological Aspects.- 9. Incubation and Separation Techniques.- 10. Estimation of Solute Penetration.- 11. Interpretation of Transport Data.- 12. Bioelectrical Measurements.- 13. Volume Flow Measurements.- 14. Use of Artificial Membranes.- 15. Assay of Transport Proteins.- Comparative Aspects.- 16. Bacteria.- 17. Yeasts and Fungi.- 18. Algae and Higher Plants.- 19. Erythrocytes.- 20. Muscle.- 21. Nerve.- 22. Epithelial Layers of Anurans.- 23. Intestine.- 24. Kidney.- 25. Tumor Cells.

Zusatzinfo	XXII, 584 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4613-4415-8 / 1461344158
ISBN-13	978-1-4613-4415-5 / 9781461344155
Zustand	Neuware