Permeability and Stability of Lipid Bilayers

by E. Anibal Disalvo and Sidney A. Simon

E. Anibal Disalvo (Editor), Sidney A. Simon (Editor), Ole G. Mouritsen, David Needham, David S. Cafiso, Larry S. Liebovitch, Arthur E Sowers, Peter L. Steponkus, Matsuo Uemura, Murray S. Webb, Menachem Gutman, Esther Nachliel, Alan M. Kleinfeld, Alexander G Volkov, Kent Jorgensen, Thomas Honger, Siewert Jan Marrink, Max Berkowitz, Stephen H. White, Michael C. Wiener, Pavel Smejtek, T. H. Haines, and David W Deamer

This book presents a comprehensive and coherent picture of how molecules diffuse across a liquid that is, on average, only two molecules thick. It begins by characterizing bilayers structurally, using X-ray diffraction, and then mechanically by measuring elastic moduli and mechanisms of failure. Emphasis is placed on the stability and mechanical properties of plant membranes that are subject to very large osmotic and thermal stresses. Using this information, the transport of molecules of increasing complexity across bilayers is analyzed.

• ISBN13: 9781351425391
• Publish Date: 14 December 2017 (first published 9 March 1995)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Imprint: CRC Press
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 288
• Language: English