Phase Transitions in Cell Biology

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pollack, Gerald H. (Editor), Chin, Wei-Chun. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8651-9
Table of Contents:
  • 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.