Permeability and Stability of Lipid Bilayers

by E. Anibal Disalvo, Sidney A. Simon

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351425384
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/14/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

E. Anibal Disalvo, Sidney A. Simon

Table of Contents

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