Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Preface ix
4. Contents xiii
5. PART ONE. Specialization at the Molecular Level
6. 1. Membrane Biogenesis 3
7. 2. Lipid–Protein Associations 31
8. 3. Molecular Architecture of Oligomeric Membrane Proteins 61
9. 4. Transmembrane Compositional Asymmetry of Lipids in Bilayers and Biomembranes 78
10. 5. Ligand-Binding Properties of Membrane-Bound Cholinergic Receptors of Torpedo Mormorata 99
11. 6. The Functional Roles of Band 3 Protein of the Red Blood Cell 128
12. 7. Energetics and Molecular Biology of Membrane Transport 160
13. PART TWO. Asymmetry in Transport
14. 8. Asymmetry and the Mechanism of the Red Cell Na-K Pump, Determined by Ouabain Binding 191
15. 9. Simultaneous or Consecutive Occupancy by Sodium and Potassium Ions of Their Membrane Pump 212
16. 10. Proton Translocation in Submitochondrial Particles and Reconstituted Segments of the Respiratory Chain 222
17. 11. Studies on the Molecular Mechanism of Anion Transport across the Red Blood Cell Membrane 229
18. PART THREE. Polar Faces in Epithelia
19. 12. The Double-Membrane Model for Transepithelial Ion Transport: Are Homocellular and Transcellular Ion Transport Related? 253
20. 13. Differentiation of Cell Faces in Epithelia 272
21. 14. Solute-Coupled Water Transport in the Kidney 294
22. 15. Modes of Sodium Transport in the Kidney 316
23. Index 333