Phase Transitions in Cell Biology - Pollack, Gerald H.; Chin, Wei-Chun.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
On the Reversible Abrupt Structural Changes in Nerve Fibers Underlying Their Excitation and Conduction Processes -- Nonequilibrium Phase Transition in Scattered Cell Communities Coupled by Auto/Paracrine-Like Signalling -- Interfacial Water Compartments on Tendon/Collagen and in Cells -- The Role of Ion-Exchange on Trypsin Premature Activation in Zymogen Granules -- Whole-Cell Phase Transition in Neurons and its Possible Role in Apoptotic Cell Death -- Puzzles of Cell and Animal Physiology in View of the Chain-Ordering Transition in Lipid Membrane -- Ephemeral Gels: The Biological Example Applied to a New Type of Polymers -- The Cytoskeleton of the Living Cell as an Out-of-Equilibrium System -- Unexpected Linkage Between Unstirred Layers, Exclusion Zones, and Water -- "Autothixotropy" of Water - An Unknown Physical Phenomenon, and its Possible Importance for the Cytoskeleton -- Propagation of Volume Phase Transitions as a Possible Mechanism for Movement in Biological Systems -- Cell Plasma Membranes and Phase Transitions.
Keywords: Medicine; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Biological physics; Cell biology; Biomedicine, general; Biochemistry, general; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics; Cell Biology