Mechanosensitive Ion Channels, Part A
Edited by- Owen Hamill
- Sidney Simon, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Dale Benos, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
Audience
Researchers in cell biology, developmental biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, genetics, immunology, immunochemistry, neuroscience, diabetes, nephrology, embyrology, vascular surgery, cardiology, rheumatology, hematology, bone and joint surgery, cancer research, and angiogenesis.
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Current Topics in Membranes and Transport
Current Topics in Membranes and Transport
Hardbound, 448 Pages
Published: April 2007
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-153358-8
Contents
- Chapter 1.1: The Mechanical Properties of BilayersChapter 1.2: Molecular Dynamic Modeling of MS ChannelsChapter 1.3: Structures of the Prokaryotic Mechanosensitive Channels MscL and MscSChapter 1.4: 3.5 Billion Years of Mechanosensory Transduction: Structure and Function of Mechanosensitive Channels in ProkaryotesChapter 1.5: Activation of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels by Forces Transmitted through Integrins and the CytoskeletonChapter 1.6: Thermodynamics of MechanosensitivityChapter 1.7: Flexoelectricity and MechanotransductionChapter 1.8: Lipid Effects on Mechanosensitive ChannelsChapter 1.9: Functional Interactions of the Extracellular Matrix with Mechanosensitive ChannelsChapter 1.10: MSCL: The Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channel of Large ConductanceChapter 1.11: The Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channel MscS: Emerging Principles of Gating and ModulationChapter 1.12: Structure function relations of MscSChapter 1.13: The MscS Cytoplasmic Domain and its Conformational Changes upon the Channel GatingChapter 1.14: Microbial TRP Channels and Their MechanosensitivityChapter 1.15: MSCS-Like Proteins in PlantsChapter 1.16: Delivering Force and Amplifying Signals in Plant MechanosensingChapter 1.17: MS Channels in Tip Growing Systems
