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Description
The lipid bilayer is the most basic structural element of cell membranes. A wide range of topics are covered in this volume, from the origin of the lipid bilayer concept, to current applications and experimental techniques. Each chapter in this volume is self-contained and describes a group's research, providing detailed methodology and key references useful for researchers. Lipid bilayer research is of great interest to many because of it's interdisciplinary nature.
Key Features
· Provides an overview of decades of research on the lipid bilayer
· 38 contributed chapters, by leading scientists, cover a wide range of topics in one authoritative volume
· Book coincides with 40th anniversary of BLM
Readership
Biochemists, biophysicists, colloid and surface chemists, electrochemists, physicists, physiologists, biotechnologists, and others working on membrane phenomena and ultrathin films.
Table of Contents
I. Lipid bilayer principle of biomembranes
The lipid bilayer concept: Experimental realization and current applications; Dielectric and Electrical Properties of Lipid Bilayers in Relation to their Structure
II. Ion Selectivity, Specificity, and Membrane Reconstitution
Investigation of substrate-specific porin channels in lipid bilayer membranes; Reconstitution in planar lipid bilayers of ion channels synthesized in ovo and in vitro
III. Biotechnology
Systems Aspects of Supported Membrane Biosensors; Biosensors from interactions of DNA with lipid membranes
IV. Light-induced phenomena and spectroscopy
Photoinduced Charge Separation in Lipid Bilayers; Photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes in planar lipid membranes
Details
- No. of pages:
- 1044
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © 2003
- Published:
- 27th February 2003
- Imprint:
- Elsevier Science
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080539034
- Print ISBN:
- 9780444509406
About the authors
H.T. Tien †
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA
A. Ottova-Leitmannova
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA &
Centre for Interface Sciences Microelectronics Department, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Reviews
@qu: "The book caters to a diverse readership. It is packed with highly informative and sometimes highly readable chapters suitable both for a person new to the area and someone wanting to expand their knowledge in the emerging areas. Some of the chapters are well written, easy to read and provide good introductions to the various aspects of BLMs. Other chapters are more specialized and suited to those working on specific aspects. Parts of the book could be useful in undergraduate and graduate teaching."
@source: BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, volume 22, 2003