Title: Cell physiology a critical, comprehensive presentation of physiological knowledge and concepts /
Authors: Hoffman, Joseph F.; Jamieson, James D.; American Physiological Society (1887- )
Publisher: Published for the American Physiological Society by Oxford University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Cell Physiological Phenomena; Cell physiology.
Contents: Optical methods in cell physiology -- Organization and dynamics of the lipid components of biological membranes -- Membrane structure/proteins -- Energy transduction mechanisms (animals and plants) -- Principles of regulation and control in biochemistry: a pragmatic, flux-oriented approach -- Basic principles of transport -- Membrane transport in single cells -- Epithelial transport -- Intracellular pH -- Osmolytes and cell-volume regulation: physiological and evolutionary principles -- Of membrane stability and mosaics: the spectrin cytoskeleton -- Extracellular matrix: a solid-state regulator of cell form, function, and tissue development -- Microtubule motors in cell and tissue function -- Membrane fusion -- ER-Golgi membrane system: compartmental organization and protein traffic -- Regulated exocytosis in mammalian secretory cells -- Epithelial cell polarity: challenges and methodologies -- Mechanisms of transmembrane signaling -- Cellular immunology -- Cilia and related microtubular arrays in the eukaryotic cell -- Principles of cell cycle control -- Regulation of development: differentiation and morphogenesis -- Activation of sperm and egg during fertilization -- Cellular mechanisms during mammalian fertilization.