Cell Membrane Transport

Principles and Techniques

Arnost Kotyk (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

498 Seiten

2012
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4684-0720-4 (ISBN)

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It is not a particularly rewarding task to engage in writing a book on a subject which is undergoing a rapid and potentially revolutionary develop ment, but, on the other hand, the investigation of transport of substances into and out of cells has reached a stage of maturity or at least of self realization and this fact alone warrants a closer examination of the subject. No one will doubt at present that the movement-mostly by selective translocation-of substances, ranging from hydrogen ions to deoxyribo nucleic acids, across the cell-surrounding barriers represents one of the salient features of a living cell and that, if we are permitted to go so far, the cessation of the selective transport processes might be considered as the equivalent of cell death. Hardly anybody will question the premise that cell and tissue differentiation within the ontogenetic development of an organism is closely associated with properties of the outer cell face. Perhaps no serious scholar will attempt to refute the concept that mem branes with characteristic morphology and composition represent the ar chitectural framework for the whole cell. And probably no experienced biologist will raise objections to the belief that many physiological processes, like nervous impulse conduction and other electrical phenomena of cells and tissues or their volume changes, are associated with membrane-regulated shifts of ions and molecules.

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. Mitochondria.- 26. Tumor Cells.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.3.2012
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 498 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Geisteswissenschaften
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4684-0720-1 / 1468407201
ISBN-13	978-1-4684-0720-4 / 9781468407204
Zustand	Neuware