Membrane Permeability: 100 Years Since Ernest Overton: Volume 48

by David W. Deamer

Book Overview

Membrane permeability is fundamental to all cell biology and subcellular biology. The cell exists as a closed unit. Import and export depend upon a number of sophisticated mechanisms, such as active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis, and passive diffusion. These systems are critical for the normal housekeeping physiological functions. However, access to the cell is also taken advantage of by toxic microbes (such as cholera or ptomaine) and when designing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0121533484
• ISBN13: 9780121533489
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"