The Sodium Pump: Structure Mechanism, Hormonal Control and Its Role in Disease

by Ernst Bamberg

The sodium of animal cell membranes converts the chemical energy obtained from the hydrolysis of adenosine 5' -triphosphate into a movement of the cations Na + and K + against an electrochemical gradient. The gradient is used subse- quently as an energy source to drive the uptake of metabolic substrates in polar epithelial cells and to use it for purposes of communications in excitable cells. The biological importance of the sodium pump is evident...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642725139
• ISBN13: 9783642725135
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Steinkopff
• Length: 906 Pages
• Weight: 1.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"