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Title

Cell physiology source book / edited by Nicholas Sperelakis.

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

Sperelakis, Nick, 1930-

Description

xv, 738 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subject

Cell physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Biophysical Chemistry of Cellular Electrolytes / Jeffrey C. Freedman -- 2. The Physiological Structure and Function of Proteins / Matthew R. Pincus -- 3. Lateral Lipid Domains and Membrane Function / Friedhelm Schroeder and W. Gibson Wood -- 4. Ultrastructure of Cells / Donald G. Ferguson -- 5. Diffusion and Permeability / Nicholas Sperelakis -- 6. Origin of Resting Membrane Potentials / Nicholas Sperelakis -- 7. Gibbs-Donnan Equilibrium Potentials / Nicholas Sperelakis -- 8. Energy Production and Metabolism / Michael A. Lieberman and Richard G. Sleight -- 9. Signal Transduction / Richard G. Sleight and Michael A. Lieberman -- 10. Calcium as an Intracellular Second Messenger: Mediation by Calcium Binding Proteins / John R. Dedman and Marcia A. Kaetzel -- 11. Transport of Ions and Nonelectrolytes / John Cuppoletti -- 12. The Sodium Pump / Earl Taylor Wallick -- 13. Ca[superscript 2+]-ATPases / Istvan Edes and Evangelia G. Kranias -- 14. Na-Ca Exchange Currents / John H. B. Bridge.
• 15. Osmosis and the Regulation of Cell Volume / Clive M. Baumgarten and Joseph J. Feher -- 16. Intracellular pH Regulation / Robert W. Putnam -- 17. Polarity of Cell Membranes / Robert W. Putnam -- 18. Cable Properties and Propagation of Action Potentials / Nicholas Sperelakis -- 19. Electrogenesis of Membrane Excitability / Nicholas Sperelakis -- 20. Patch-Clamp Techniques and Analysis / Raymund Y. K. Pun and Harold Lecar -- 21. Structure and Mechanism of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels / Simon Rock Levinson -- 22. Ion Channels in Nonexcitable Cells / Bernd Nilius -- 23. Ion Channels in Sperm / A. Lievano and A. Darszon -- 24. Biology of Gap Junctions / William J. Larsen and E. Michael Hendrix -- 25. Biophysics of the Nuclear Envelope / Louis J. DeFelice and Michele Mazzanti -- 26. Regulation of Ion Channels by Phosphorylation / Nicholas Sperelakis -- 27. Ion Channels That Are Directly Regulated by G Proteins / Atsuko Yatani -- 28. Ion Channels as Targets for Toxins / Kenneth Blumenthal.
• 29. Ion Channels as Targets for Drugs / R. Kent Hermsmeyer -- 30. Ion Channels as Targets for Genetic Disease / S. H. Bryant -- 31. Ligand-Gated Ion Channels / Gary L. Westbrook -- 32. Synaptic Transmission / Janusz B. Suszkiw -- 33. Excitation-Secretion Coupling / Nicole Gallo-Payet and Marcel Daniel Payet -- 34. Stretch-Sensitive Ion Channels / Catherine E. Morris -- 35. Mechanoreceptor and Sonoreceptor Transduction / M. M. Behbehani -- 36. Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels / Anita L. Zimmerman -- 37. Visual Transduction / Anita L. Zimmerman -- 38. Olfactory/Taste Receptor Transduction / S. Roper -- 39. Stimulus Transduction in Metabolic Sensor Cells / Stanley Misler -- 40. Skeletal Muscle Action Potentials / Nicholas Sperelakis -- 41. Cardiac Action Potential / Gordon M. Wahler -- 42. Smooth Muscle Action Potentials / R. Kent Hermsmeyer -- 43. Ca[superscript 2+] Release from Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Muscle / Gerhard Meissner -- 44. Contractility of Muscles / R. J. Paul.
• 45. Amoeboid Movement, Cilia, and Flagella / Edna S. Kaneshiro -- 46. Spasmonemes/Centrin-Based Contraction and Bacterial Flagella / Edna S. Kaneshiro -- 47. Physiological Effects of Pressure on Cell Function / Thomas K. Akers -- 48. Bioluminescence / J. Woodland Hastings -- 49. Photosynthesis / Darrell Fleischman -- 50. Plant Cell Physiology / Richard G. Stout -- Appendix: Review of Electricity and Cable Properties.

ISBN

0126569703 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

94031852

OCLC

ocm30973564

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries