Biophysics of the Cell Surface

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Roland Glaser, David Gingell

      Pages 1-2

3. Molecular Aspects

   1. Translocation and distribution of phospholipids across eukaryotic plasma membranes

      • A. Herrmann, P. Devaux, A. Zachowski

      Pages 3-22

   2. Protein-lipid interactions at membrane surfaces

      • Anthony Watts

      Pages 23-50

   3. The super-ordered fluid: A domain model of cell surface membranes

      • Michael Edidin

      Pages 51-59

   4. Membrane hydration

      • Klaus Gawrisch, Adrian V. Parsegian, Peter R. Rand

      Pages 61-73

4. Physicochemical Aspects

   1. Cell surface electrostatics and electrokinetics

      • A. Voigt, E. Donath

      Pages 75-108

   2. Interfacial stability

      • W. T. Coakley, D. Gallez

      Pages 109-130

   3. Surface free energy contribution to cell interactions

      • C. J. van Oss

      Pages 131-152

   4. General thermodynamic description of elastic properties of membranes

      • V. S. Markin, M. M. Kozlov

      Pages 153-172

5. Functional Aspects

   1. The influence of membrane electric field on cellular functions

      • R. Glaser

      Pages 173-192

   2. Phospholipid vesicle fusion induced by cations and poly-(ethylene glycol)

      • S. Ohki, K. Arnold

      Pages 193-219

   3. Membrane fusion and lysis by the amphiphilic peptides induced by charge neutralization: A model study of virus membrane fusion mechanism

      • M. Murata, S. Takahashi, T. Kanaseki, S. Ohnishi

      Pages 221-236

   4. Significance of hydrophobic interactions in membrane fusion of enveloped viruses

      • Steven L. Novick, Dick Hoekstra

      Pages 237-261

   5. Cell contact with solid surfaces

      • David Gingell

      Pages 263-285

   6. Cell-cell contacts

      • Pascale André, Pierre Bongrand

      Pages 287-321

   7. Membrane-cytoskeletal interactions in cell adhesion and locomotion

      • Keith Burridge, Winthrop T. Jackman

      Pages 323-339

   8. The behavior of cell surface components during cell locomotion: A quantitative approach

      • J. Lee, A. Ishihara, B. Holifield, K. Jacobson

      Pages 341-361

6. Back Matter

   Pages 363-366

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It is common practice to publish conference papers in books or monograph series. This gives some advantage to those who did not have the opportunity to attend the meetings, but it irritates and disappoints others who may have hoped for a set of closely related reviews. With this book we have tried to find a compromise. It presents a selection from the topics which have been discussed in a series of inter­ national symposia entitled "Biophysics of Cell Surface", held in 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985 and 1988 in the GDR, and subsequently published in the journal STUDIA BIOPHYSICA (volumes 56, 74, 90, 110, 1271. Nearly all the contributors to this book participated in one or more of the meetings. We hope that our choice of topics selected for this book manages to reflect the variety and interest of the broad range of subjects which fall within the scope of membrane biophysics, without taking on the randomness of a scientific car-boot sale. We would like to express our thanks to all colleagues and organ~ isations who helped to realize the conferences and particularly this book. financial support for the symposia of 1985 and 1988 was provided by the IUPAB. A number of topics, reflected in this book, resulted in internat­ ional cooperations, supported by various organisations. We are especially grateful for the support of UNESCO research project on biophysicS in this respect. The European Bureau (ROSTE) of UNESCO supported the editorial work of this book.

• Grenzflächenstabilität
• Membranadhäsion
• Membranfusion
• biophysics
• cell
• cells
• cellular processes
• membrane

• Sektion Biologie Wissenschaftsbereich Biophysik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, DDR

  Roland Glaser

• Department of Biology as Applied to Medicine, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, Great Britain

  David Gingell

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