This book presents a comprehensive and coherent
picture of how molecules diffuse across a liquid that is, on average, only two molecules thick. It begins by characterizing bilayers structurally, using X-ray diffraction, and then mechanically by measuring elastic moduli and mechanisms of
failure. Emphasis is placed on the stability and mechanical
properties of plant membranes that are subject to very large osmotic and thermal stresses. Using this information, the transport of molecules of increasing complexity across bilayers is analyzed.
By:
E. Anibal Disalvo,
Sidney A. Simon (Duke University Medical Center,
Durham,
North Carolina,
USA),
Sidney A. Simon
Contributions by:
Ole G. Mouritsen (The Technical Univ. of Denmark),
David Needham (Duke University,
Durham,
North Carolina,
USA)
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 710g
ISBN: 9780849345319
ISBN 10: 0849345316
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 09 March 1995
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Determination of the Structure of Fluid Lipid Bilayer Membranes, S.H. White and M.C. Wiener, Water and Membranes, S.-J. Marrink and M. Berkowitz, Cohesion and Permeability of Lipid Bilayer Vesicles, D. Needham, Freeze-Induced Destabilization of Cellular Membranes and Lipid Bilayers, P.L. Steponkus, M. Uemura, and M.S. Webb, Permeability Alteration by Transmembrane Electric Fields: Electroporation, A.E. Sowers, A Molecular Mechanism for the Transport of Water Across Phospholipid Bilayers, T.H. Haines and L.S. Liebovitch, Permeability of Lipid Bilayers Near the Phase Transition, O.G. Mouritsen, K. Jørgensen, and T. Hønger, Proton Permeation of Lipid Bilayers, D.W. Deamer and A.G. Volkov, Influence of Charges and Dipoles on Macromolecular Adsorption and Permeability, D.S. Cafiso, Permeability of Lipophilic Ions across Lipid Bilayers, P. Smejtek, Fatty Acid Transport Across Membranes, A.M. Kleinfeld, Propagation of Protons at the Water Membrane Interface: Microscopic Evaluation of a Macroscopic Process, M. Gutman, E. Nachliel, and Y. Tsfadia, Index
E. Anibal Disalvo, Sidney A. Simon