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978-0-387-27424-9

Pumps, Transporters, and Ion Channels

Publication year: 2005

ISBN: 978-0-387-27424-9

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FOREWORDThis book is a compilation of articles based on some of the talks given at theCentro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS) in Valdivia during the course of a celebration tomark the 60th birthdays of Ramon Latorre and Enrico Stefani.Ramon Latorre is one of the most outstanding figures in channel Biophysicstoday. The articles presented in this book concern interests of Ramon and Enricoduring their careers. They span from considerations as to why bacteria need ion channelsin their membranes to fine details of how conformational changes in the protein lead toion channel opening and closing. The importance of water channels in tissue physiologyto the control of excitability by ion channels and pumps. And from the cell biology of ionchannel sorting to their failure in disease states.The book is hereby dedicated to Ramon Latorre and Enrico Stefani, as homageas first class scientists, educators, innovators and, most importantly, best of friends.


Subject: Physics and Astronomy, Peptide, Plasma, SQUID, Transporter, biophysics, molecule, physiology