Biological membrane ion channels : dynamics, structure, and applications

Author(s)

    • Chung, Shin-Ho
    • Andersen, Olaf S.
    • Krishnamurthy, Vikram

Bibliographic Information

Biological membrane ion channels : dynamics, structure, and applications

S.H. Chung, O.S. Andersen, and V. Krishnamurthy (eds.)

(Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering)

Springer, c2007

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"AIP Press"--Spine, back cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book deals with recent breakthroughs in ion-channel research that have been brought about by the combined effort of experimental biophysicists and computational physicists, who together are beginning to unravel the story of these exquisitely designed biomolecules. With chapters by leading experts, the book is aimed at researchers in nanodevices and biosensors, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biology and the physical sciences.

Table of Contents

Historical Overview. -Tutorial on Transmembrane Currents and Ion Channels. -Structural and Functional Properties of Ion Channels. -Atomic Structures of Ion Channels. -Gramicidin Channels. -Potassium Channels. -Voltage-Gated Channels. -ClC Chloride Channels. -Sodium Channels. -Calcium Channels. -Mechano-Sensitive Channels. -Ligand-Gated Channels. -Dynamics of Ion Channels. -Poisson-Nernst-Planck Theory. -Semi-Microscopic Monte Carlo Method. -Brownian Dynamics. -Molecular Dynamics. -Emerging Technologies. -Microchip Technology in Ion Channel Research. -Biosensors. -Signal Processing with Hidden Markov Models.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA80066739
  • ISBN
    • 9780387333236
  • LCCN
    2006926448
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 658 p.
  • Size
    25cm
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