Plasma Membrane Redox Systems and their role in Biological Stress and Disease

Preface; H. Asard, et al. Prologue: What for? M. Böttger. Plasma Membrane b-Type Cytochromes; H. Asard, et al. NAD(P)H-Utilizing Flavo-Enzymes in the Plant Plasma Membrane; A. Bérczi, et al. Components and Organisation of the NADPH Oxidase of Phagocytic Cells, the Pardigm for an Electron Transport Chain Across the Plasma Membrane; A.W. Segal, et al. Plasma Membrane-Bound Nitrate Reductase in Algae and Higher Plants; C. Stöhr. NADH Oxidase: A Multifunctional Ectoprotein of the Eukaryotic Cell Surface; D.J. Morré. Iron Transport in Yeast: the Involvement of an Iron Reductase and Oxidase; C. Askwith, J. Kaplan. Reduction and Uptake of Iron in Plants; E.L. Connolly, M.L. Guerinot. Involvement of Plasma Membrane Redox Systems in Growth Control of Animal and Plant Cells; J.A. González-Reyes, et al. Possible Sources of Reactive Oxygen During the Oxidative Burst in Plants; T.M. Murphy, et al. Antioxidative Role of Ubiquinone in Animal Plasma Membrane; J.M. Villalba, et al. Metal Reduction by Macrophages. Its Role in Low-Density Lipoprotein Oxidation; W. Jessup, et al. Plasma Membrane Protein Disulfide Isomerase: Its Role in the Translocation of Diphtheria Toxin and HIV Virus Across Endosomal and Cell Membranes; H.J.-P. Ryser, et al. Plasma Membrane Redox Systems in Tumor Cells; M.A. Medina. Index.

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