The movement of molecules across cell membranes
The Movement Of Molecules Across Cell Membranes.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York,
Academic Press,
1967.
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| Series: | Theoretical and experimental biology ;
v. 6. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; The Movement of Molecules Across Cell Membranes; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; Glossary of Symbols; CHAPTER 1. The Anatomy of the Plasma Membrane; 1.1 Some Considerations of Methodology; 1.2 Structure and Composition of the Cell Membrane; 1.3 The Structure of Myelin Forms-A Model System for the Cell Membrane; 1.4 Nerve Myelin; 1.5 Physical Stability of the Bimolecular Lipid Leaflet; 1.6 Surface Tension of the Cell; 1.7 Conclusions; CHAPTER 2. General Aspects of Diffusion across Membranes; 2.1 Permeability and Diffusion Coefficients
- 4.7 The Dimerizer Hypothesis for Facilitated DiffusionCHAPTER 5. The Coupling of Active Transport and Facilitated Diffusion; 5.1 The Development of the View That Sodium Transport and Metabolite Transport Are Coupled; 5.2 Experimental Tests of the Co-transport Model; 5.3 The Kinetics of Co-transport; 5.4 The Distribution Ratios at the Steady State; 5.5 A Tertiary Active Transport System?; CHAPTER 6. The Primary Active Transport Systems; 6.1 Criteria for Distinguishing between Primary and Secondary Active Transport Systems
- 6.2 Indications That Certain Active Transport Systems May Not Be Linked to Other Driving Fluxes6.3 The Linkage of Active Transport to Chemical Reactions; 6.4 Kinetics of the Primary Transport Systems; 6.5 Primary Active Transport Systems Uncoupled to the Energy Input; 6.6 The Kinetics of ""Pump"" and ""Leak"" Systems; 6.7 Ion Pumping by Epithelial Cell Layers; CHAPTER 7. The Movement of Water; 7.1 The Volume of a Cell at the Steady State; 7.2 Why a Linked Sodium/Potassium Pump?; 7.3 Transport across Epithelial Cell Layers; CHAPTER 8. Molecular Properties of the Transport Systems