UID:
almafu_9959327218802883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 363 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9783527611591
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3527611592
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9783527611607
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3527611606
,
1281239194
,
9781281239198
Series Statement:
Tutorials in biophysics
Content:
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.
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Heimburg, Thomas. Thermal biophysics of membranes. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH Verlag, ©2007 ISBN 9783527404711
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9783527611591
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527611591
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527611591
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527611591
