Molecular Biology of Membrane Transport Disorders

Biomembranes and Strategies for Study: Membrane Traffic and Compartmentalization within the Secretory Pathway (J. LippincottSchwartz). Cell Adhesion (J. Covault). The Membraneassociated Cytoskeleton and Exoskeleton (R.J. Bloch). Isolation and Reconstitution of Transporters (W.P. Dubinsky). Permeability and Conductance in Ion Channels (D.C. Dawson). Membrane Channels and Carriers: The Lactose Permease of Escherichia coli: An Update (H.R. Kaback). Structure and Function of Voltagegated Ion Channels (W.A. Catterall). Nicotinic Receptors in the Central Nervous System (C.K. Ifune, J.H. Steinbach). GABA, Glycine and Glutamategated Channels in Neurological and Psychiatric Illness (M.G. Darlison, R.J. Harvey). The Genetic and Physiological Basis of Malignant Hyperthermia (D.H. MacLennan et al.). Stretchactivated Ion Channels (H. Sackin). Cation Transport ATPases (D.M. Fambrough, G. Inesi). Multidrug Resistance Transporter (M.M. Gottesman et al.). Transport in Organized Systems: Mitochondrial Transport Processes (R.S. Kaplan). Receptormediated Endocytosis (V.P. Knutson et al.). Signal Transduction by G Protein Coupled Receptors (M. Birnbaumer, L. Birnbaumer). Egg Membranes During Fertilization (L.A. Jaffe). Cell Volume Regulation (J.R. Sachs). Regulation of Cell pH (O.W. Moe, R.J. Alpern). Regulation of Intracellular Free Calcium (W.B. Busa). Sodium Transport by Epithelial Cells (L.G. Palmer). Clinical Disorders of Membrane Transport: Cell Death (T.J. Burke). Genetic Variants of Erythrocytes (J.C. Parker). Disorders of Biliary Secretion (P. Zimniak, R. Lester). The Pathophysiology of Diarrhea (J.H. Sellin). the Myasthenic Syndromes (H.J. Kaminski, R.L. Ruff). Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Roles of Calcium and Delayed Potassium Channels in the Heart (R.S. Kass). Cystic Fibrosis (M.J. Welsh). Familial Periodic Paralysis (L. Ptá175ek, R.C. Griggs). 4 additional articles. Index.