Cell physiology sourcebook : a molecular approach /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
[2001]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Sect. 1. Biophysical chemistry, metabolism, second messengers, and ultrastructure
- Biophysical chemistry of physiological solutions
- Physiological structure and function of proteins
- Structural organization and properties of membrane lipids
- Cell membranes and model membranes
- Lipid domains and biological membrane function
- Ultrastructure of cells
- Energy production and metabolism
- Physiology of mitochondria
- Signal transduction
- Calcium as an intracellular second messenger: mediation by calcium-binding proteins
- Regulation of cellular functions by extracellular calcium
- Cellular responses to hormones
- Sect. 2. Membrane potential, transport physiology, pumps, and exchangers
- Diffusion and permeability
- Origin of resting membrane potentials
- Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium potentials
- Mechanisms of carrier-mediated transport: facilitated diffusion, cotransport, and countertransport
- Sodium pump function
- Ca²⁺-ATPases
- Na⁺-Ca²⁺ exchange currents
- Intracellular chloride regulation
- Osmosis and regulation of cell volume
- Intracellular pH regulation
- Membrane transport in red blood cells
- Sect. 3. Membrane excitability and ion channels
- Cable properties and propagation of action potentials
- Electrogenesis of membrane excitability
- Patch-clamp techniques and analysis
- Structure and mechanism of voltage-gated ion channels
- Biology of neurons
- Ion channels in nonexcitable cells
- Ion channels in sperm
- Biology of gap junctions
- Biophysics of the nuclear envelope
- Regulation of ion channels by phosphorylation
- Direct regulation of ion channels by G proteins
- Developmental changes in ion channels
- Regulation of ion channels by membrane proteins and cytoskeleton
- Sect. 4. Ion channels as targets for toxins, drugs, and genetic diseases
- Ion channels as targets for toxins
- Ion channels as targets for drugs
- Ion channels as targets for disease
- Sect. 5. Synaptic transmission and sensory transduction
- Ligand-gated ion channels
- Synaptic transmission
- Excitation-secretion coupling
- Stimulus-response coupling in metabolic sensor cells
- Mechanosensitive ion channels in eukaryotic cells
- Sensory receptors and mechanotransduction
- Acoustic transduction
- Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels
- Visual transduction
- Gustatory and olfactory sensory transduction
- Electroreceptors and magnetoreceptors
- Sect. 6. Muscle and other contractile systems
- Skeletal muscle action potentials
- Cardiac action potentials
- Smooth muscle action potentials and electrical profiles
- Excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle
- Ca²⁺ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum in muscle
- Contraction of muscles
- Amoeboid movement, cilia, and flagella
- Centrin-based contraction and bacterial flagella
- Effects of high pressure on cellular processes
- Electrocytes of electric fish
- Sect. 7. Protozoa and bacteria
- Physiological adaptations of protists
- Physiology of prokaryotic cells
- Sect. 8. Plant cells, photosynthesis, and bioluminescence
- Plant cell physiology
- Photosynthesis
- Bioluminescence
- Sect. 9. Cell division and programmed cell death
- Regulation of cell division in higher eukaryotes
- Cancer cell properties
- Apoptosis
- Effects of ionizing radiation on cells
- Review of electricity and cable properties.