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Water and the Cell

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Gerald H. Pollack

    1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle WA

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  2. Ivan L. Cameron

    1. Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX

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  3. Denys N. Wheatley

    1. BioMedES, Aberdeen

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. A Convergence of Experimental and Theoretical Breakthroughs Affirms the PM theory of Dynamically Structured Cell Water on the Theory’s 40th Birthday

    • Gilbert N. Ling
    Pages 1-52

  3. Molecular Basis of Articular Disk Biomechanics: Fluid Flow and Water Content in the Temporomandibular Disk as Related to Distribution of Sulfur

    • Christine L. Haskin, Gary D. Fullerton, Ivan L. Cameron
    Pages 53-70

  4. Coherent domains in the streaming cytoplasm of a giant algal cell

    • V.A. Shepherd
    Pages 71-92

  5. The glassy state of water: A ‘stop and go’ device for biological processes

    • S.E. Pagnotta, F. Bruni
    Pages 93-112

  6. Information Exchange within Intracellular Water

    • Martin F. Chaplin
    Pages 113-124

  7. Biology’s Unique Phase Transition Drives Cell Function

    • Dan W. Urry
    Pages 125-150

  8. The Effects of Static Magnetic Fields, Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields and Mechanical Vibration on some Physicochemical Properties of Water

    • Sinerik N. Ayrapetyan, Armine M. Amyan, Gayane S. Ayrapetyan
    Pages 151-164

  9. Solute Exclusion and Potential Distribution Near Hydrophilic Surfaces

    • Jianming Zheng, Gerald H. Pollack
    Pages 165-174

  10. Vicinal Hydration of Biopolymers: Cell Biological Consequences

    • W. Drost-Hansen
    Pages 175-218

  11. The Liquid Crystalline Organism and Biological Water

    • Mae-Wan Ho, Zhou Yu-Ming, Julian Haffegee, Andy Watton, Franco Musumeci, Giuseppe Privitera et al.
    Pages 219-234

  12. The Unfolded Protein State Revisited

    • Patricio A. Carvajal, Tyre C. Lanier
    Pages 235-252

  13. Some Properties of Interfacial Water: Determinants for Cell Architecture and Function?

    • Frank Mayer, Denys Wheatley, Michael Hoppert
    Pages 253-272

  14. Donnan Potential in Hydrogels of Poly(Methacrylic Acid) and its Potassium Salt

    • Alexander P. Safronov, Tatyana F. Shklyar, Vadim S. Borodin, Yelena A. Smirnova, Sergey Yu. Sokolov, Gerald H. Pollack et al.
    Pages 273-284

  15. Biological Significance of Active Oxygen-Dependent Processes in Aqueous Systems

    • Vladimir L. Voeikov
    Pages 285-298

  16. The Comprehensive Experimental Research on the Autothixotropy of Water

    • Bohumil VybÍral
    Pages 299-314

  17. Non-Bulk-Like Water on Cellular Interfaces

    • Ivan L. Cameron, Gary D. Fullerton
    Pages 315-324

  18. The physical nature of the biological signal, a puzzling phenomenon: the critical contribution of Jacques Benveniste

    • Yoléne Thomas, Larbi Kahhak, Jamal Aissa
    Pages 325-340

  19. Freezing, Flow and Proton NMR Properties of Water Compartments in the Temporomandibular Disc

    • Christine L. Haskin, Gary D. Fullerton, Ivan L. Cameron
    Pages 341-352

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 353-354
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This edited volume deals with the state of water in the vicinity of biological interfaces, both intracellular and extracellular. This issue is of critical importance, for the cell is extremely crowded with interfaces, and as a result practically all cell water is interfacial. The character, or state, of this water may therefore be central to cell function. What is meant by the ‘state of water?’ Few would question that water coming out of a household tap is a liquid, but water in an ice cube is something altogether different: it is a solid that floats on tap water (also known as bulk water). It is water in the solid state. The fact that ice floats is an indication that it is less dense than water. Clearly, the physical properties are different. Water molecules below 0 C form a crystal. In this crystal, the two positively charged hydrogen atoms of water bind to the double negative charges of oxygen atoms of two adjacent water molecules. The resulting crystal lattice is arranged in such a way as to be less dense than tap water, and constituent water molecules are also less mobile.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle WA

    Gerald H. Pollack

  • Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX

    Ivan L. Cameron

  • BioMedES, Aberdeen

    Denys N. Wheatley

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