Transport and Diffusion across Cell Membranes

Stein, Wilfred D.

ISBN 10: 0126646600 / ISBN 13: 9780126646603

Published by Academic Press, Orlando, Florida et. Al., 1986

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xvii, 685 pages including index, with numerous diagrams and photographs in the text, with a contribution by W. R. Lieb. Inscribed by Stein on endppr. and dated March 1986. Dark blue silver lettered cloth. Extra shipping costs may be required.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transport and Diffusion across Cell Membranes
• Publisher: Academic Press, Orlando, Florida et. Al.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0126646600
• ISBN 13: 9780126646603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Transport and Diffusion across Cell Membranes is a comprehensive treatment of the transport and diffusion of molecules and ions across cell membranes. This book shows that the same kinetic equations (with appropriate modification) can describe all the specialized membrane transport systems: the pores, the carriers, and the two classes of pumps. The kinetic formalism is developed step by step and the features that make a system effective in carrying out its biological role are highlighted. This book is organized into six chapters and begins with an introduction to the structure and dynamics of cell membranes, followed by a discussion on how the membrane acts as a barrier to the transmembrane diffusion of molecules and ions. The following chapters focus on the role of the membrane's protein components in facilitating transmembrane diffusion of specific molecules and ions, measurements of diffusion through pores and the kinetics of diffusion, and the structure of such pores and their biological regulation. This book methodically introduces the reader to the carriers of cell membranes, the kinetics of facilitated diffusion, and cotransport systems. The primary active transport systems are considered, emphasizing the pumping of an ion (sodium, potassium, calcium, or proton) against its electrochemical gradient during the coupled progress of a chemical reaction while a conformational change of the pump enzyme takes place. This book is of interest to advanced undergraduate students, as well as to graduate students and researchers in biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and biophysics.