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Advances in planar lipid bilayers and liposomes. Volume 10 /
Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 10, continues to include invited chapters on a broad range of topics, covering both main arrangements of the reconstituted system, namely planar lipid bilayers and spherical liposomes. The invited authors present the latest results in this exci...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Academic Press,
�2009.
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| Colección: | Advances in planar lipid bilayers and liposomes ;
v. 10 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1: Ion Permeability of Membranes; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical Overview; 3. The Water Permeability of a Bilayer Lipid Membrane; 4. The Water Permeability of a Biological Membrane; 5. The Permeability of a Bilayer Lipid Membrane for Solutes; 6. Mechanisms of Ion Transport through Biological Membranes; 7. The Ion Transport Pathways of the Red Blood Cell Membrane; 8. The Effect of Low Ionic Strength Media on Transport of Na+ and K+ Through the Human Red Blood Cell Membrane
- 9. The K+(Na+)/H+ Exchanger in the Human Red Blood Cell Membrane10. Concluding Discussion: Ion Transport through Biological Membranes; References; Chapter 2: Shape Transformations of Amphiphilic Membranes; 1. Introduction; 2. Model; 3. Shape Transformation of Vesicles; 4. Deformation of Vesicles Subject to Constraints Resulted from Interactions with Rigid Objects; 5. Deformation of Multicomponent Membranes; 6. Summary; References; Chapter 3: Membrane Nanotubes in Urothelial Cell Line T24; 1. Introduction; 2. T24 Cell Line and Membrane Nanotubes
- 3. Formation and Stability of Type I Membrane Nanotubes4. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4: Cytoskeletal Control of Red Blood Cell Shape; 1. Introduction; 2. The Membrane/Cytoskeleton Model of the Erythrocyte; 3. The Mechanical Properties of the Membrane/Cytoskeleton of the Erythrocyte; 4. Vesiculation; 5. Vesicle Composition; 6. Mechanism(s); 7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Lipid Membranes as Tools in Nanotoxicity Studies; 1. Introduction; 2. Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles on Lipid Membranes; 3. Lipid Membranes in Nanotoxicity Studies; 4. Conclusions; References
- Chapter 6: Structure and Function of Biomembranes and Membrane Phospholipids of Rat Salivary Glands: Properties of Liposome- and Plasma Membrane-Induces Membrane Fusion and Consequent Amylase Release from Isolated Secretory Granules1. Introduction; 2. Membrane Phospholipids and their Fatty Acid Composition; 3. Fatty Acid-Related Phospholipid-Metabolizing Enzyme; 4. Biomembrane Phospholipid Composition and Membrane Fluidity; 5. Membrane Fusion and Salivary Secretion Model; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 7: Influenza A M2; 1. Introduction
- 2. Specific Activity: Quantitative Immunoblotting3. Functional Characteristics of M2; 4. Reconstitution of M2; 5. Summary; Acknowledgment; References; Subject Index