Sensing with Ion Channels

Sensing with Ion Channels edited by Boris Martinac.

All living cells are able to detect and translate environmental stimuli into biologically meaningful signals. Sensations of touch, hearing, sight, taste, smell or pain are essential to the survival of all living organisms. The importance of sensory input for the existence of life thus justifies the...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Martinac, Boris (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Springer Series in Biophysics, 11
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
Biochemistry.
Cell biology.
Bioorganic chemistry.
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Summary:All living cells are able to detect and translate environmental stimuli into biologically meaningful signals. Sensations of touch, hearing, sight, taste, smell or pain are essential to the survival of all living organisms. The importance of sensory input for the existence of life thus justifies the effort made to understand its molecular origins. Sensing with Ion Channels focuses on ion channels as key molecules enabling biological systems to sense and process the physical and chemical stimuli that act upon cells in their living environment. Its aim is to serve as a reference to ion channel specialists and as a source of new information to non specialists who want to learn about the structural and functional diversity of ion channels and their role in sensory physiology.
Physical Description:XXIII, 304 p. online resource.
ISBN:9783540727392
ISSN:0932-2353 ;
DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-72739-2

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