Research Catalog

Title

Biomembrane transport / Lon J. Van Winkle ; with contributions by Ovidio Busolati [and others].

Author

Van Winkle, Lon J.

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Description

xiv, 397 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

• "Biomembranes are virtually impenetrable barriers to hydrophilic substances. Several different transport proteins have thus evolved to catalyze migration of solutes across these membranes. One evolving theme of all such transport is the movement of the protein. Every transport protein moves to a degree, although the conformational changes vary among the group as a whole."--BOOK JACKET.
• "The book integrates the recent advances in this broad field with several historically important concepts."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Biological transport
• Cell membranes
• Membranes (Biology)
• Carrier Proteins > metabolism
• Biological Transport > physiology
• Membranes > physiology
• Carrier proteins

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-385) and index.

Contents

1. Importance of Biomembrane Transport -- 2. Biomembrane Composition, Structure, and Turnover -- 3. Thermodynamics and Transport -- 4. Transport Kinetics -- 5. Structure and Function of Transport Proteins That Form Solute Gradients -- 6. Transport Proteins That Propagate Solute Gradients -- 7. Channel Proteins Usually Dissipate Solute Gradients -- 8. A Proposed System for the Classification of Transmembrane Transport Proteins in Living Organisms -- 9. Regulation of Plasma Membrane Transport -- 10. Biomembrane Transport and Interorgan Nutrient Flows: The Amino Acids -- 11. Selected Techniques in Membrane Transport.

ISBN

0127145109

LCCN

98089087

OCLC

ocm41158404

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries