ISBN: 0471916579 9780471916574

Category: Medical / General

Page count: 377

The book provides balanced information on the biology, chemistry and physics of membrane properties and their specific functions in the flow of material, transduction of energy and transformation of signals. Up-to-date specific data on these various properties and functions are contained in the book, thus making it a reference text on such subjects as membrane composition, membrane structure, all known systems of transport, all different mechanisms of energy transduction and on selected types of signal transformation.