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Membrane Transport

  • Focuses on collection of research in membrane transport
  • Includes the history of the development of the current picture of membrane transport physiology
  • Written by leaders in the field

Part of the book series: People and Ideas (PEOPL)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Introduction: Membrane Transport in Physiology

    • Daniel C. Tosteson
    Pages 1-13
  3. Membranes, Molecules, Nerves, and People

    • J. David Robertson
    Pages 51-124
  4. Sodium-Potassium Pump

    • Jens C. Skou
    Pages 155-185
  5. From Frog Lung to Calcium Pump

    • Wilhelm Hasselbach
    Pages 187-201
  6. Anion Exchanges and Band 3 Protein

    • Aser Rothstein
    Pages 203-235
  7. Electrodiffusion in Membranes

    • David E. Goldman
    Pages 251-259
  8. Reflections on Selectivity

    • Clay M. Armstrong
    Pages 261-273
  9. Propagation of Electrical Impulses

    • Lorin J. Mullins
    Pages 275-289
  10. Membrane Transport in Excitation-Contraction Coupling

    • Richard J. Podolsky
    Pages 291-302
  11. Flow and Diffusion Through Biological Membranes

    • John R. Pappenheimer
    Pages 363-389
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 391-414

About this book

This is a fascinating collection of personal accounts which is a "must read" for anyone interested in membrane transport or the history of the development of the current picture of membrane transport physiology. This delightful book could serve variously as a history for investigators and historians or as a textbook for advanced students. No biology or medical library should be without it

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Daniel C. Tosteson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Membrane Transport

  • Editors: Daniel C. Tosteson

  • Series Title: People and Ideas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7516-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: American Physiological Society 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7516-3Published: 27 May 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 420

  • Additional Information: Originally Published by Oxford University Press 1989

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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eBook USD 119.00
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