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Author: Thangadurai, Devarajan,,1976-

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Thermal biophysics of membranes

An overview of recent experimental and theoretical developments in the field of the physics of membranes, including new insights from the past decade. The author uses classical thermal physics and physical chemistry to explain our current understanding of the membrane. He looks at domain and 'r...

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Main Authors: Heimburg, Thomas.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Tutorials in biophysics
Subjects:
Membranes (Biology) > Thermal properties.
Membranes (Biologie) > Propriétés thermiques.
Biophysique.
SCIENCE > Cell Biology. > Cell Biology.
Biomembran.
Temperaturverhalten.
Cell Membrane > physiology.
Models, Biological.
Thermodynamics.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527611591
Summary: An overview of recent experimental and theoretical developments in the field of the physics of membranes, including new insights from the past decade. The author uses classical thermal physics and physical chemistry to explain our current understanding of the membrane. He looks at domain and 'raft' formation, and discusses it in the context of thermal fluctuations that express themselves in heat capacity and elastic constants. Further topics are lipid-protein interactions, protein binding, and the effect of sterols and anesthetics. Many seemingly unrelated properties of membranes are shown to.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 363 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index.
ISBN: 9783527611591 (Wiley)
3527611592 (Wiley)
9783527611607 (ebrary)
3527611606 (ebrary)
1281239194
9781281239198
Index Number: QH601
CLC: Q73
Contents: Membranes -- an introduction -- Membrane structure -- The composition of biological membranes -- Introduction into thermodynamics -- Water -- Lipid melting -- Phase diagrams -- Statistical models for lipid melting -- Lipid-protein interactions -- Diffusion -- Electrostatics -- Adsorption, binding, and insertion of proteins -- Elasticity and curvature -- Thermodynamics of the elastic constants -- Structural transitions -- Relaxation processes in membranes -- Permeability -- Nerve pulse propagation -- Anesthesia.

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