Phase Transitions in Cell Biology

Phase Transitions in Cell Biology edited by Gerald H. Pollack, Wei-Chun Chin.

Phase transitions occur throughout nature. The most familiar example is the one that occurs in water – the abrupt, discontinuous transition from a liquid to a gas or a solid, induced by a subtle environmental change. Practically magical, the ever-so-slight shift of temperature or pressure can induce...

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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.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Biochemistry.
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
Cell biology.
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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.

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