<p>Since the publication of my previous monograph in 1974, important progress has been made in the broad area of calcium research, particΒ ularly as it pertains to secretory phenomena. The significant advance in methodology, while widening the scope of our knowledge, has caused research in this part
A Symposium on Calcium and Cellular Function
β Scribed by A. W. Cuthbert (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 307
- Series
- Biological Council
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Simple Chemistry of Calcium and Its Relevance to Biological Systems....Pages 3-9
Calcium Chelation and Buffers....Pages 10-16
Binding of Calcium to Phospholipids....Pages 17-41
Aequorin-Calcium luminescence and Its Application to Muscle Physiology....Pages 42-53
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Divalent Cations and Cell Adhesion....Pages 59-64
Calcium and Cellular Function after Freezing and Thawing....Pages 65-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Activation and Inhibition of the Sarcoplasmic Calcium Transport....Pages 75-84
Transmembrane Calcium Movements in Resealed Human Red Cells....Pages 85-95
Sodium-Calcium Exchange Across the Nerve Cell Membrane....Pages 96-107
Active Transport of Calcium by Intestine: Studies with a Calcium Activity Electrode....Pages 108-123
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Role of Calcium Ions in Neuromuscular Transmission....Pages 131-147
Involvement of Calcium in the Secretion of Catecholamines....Pages 148-162
Calcium and Hormone Release....Pages 163-182
Site of Protein Secretion and Calcium Accumulation in the Polymorphonuclear Leucocyte Treated with Leucocidin....Pages 183-197
Hormones, Cell Calcium and Cyclic Amp....Pages 198-213
The S-S Polypeptide Receptor as a Metal Receptor....Pages 214-218
Interaction of Local Anaesthetics and Calcium with Erythrocyte Membranes....Pages 219-240
Caffeine, Calcium and the Activation of Contraction....Pages 241-248
Calcium and the Action Potential in Smooth Muscle....Pages 249-260
Kinetic Aspects of Calcium Current in Ventricular Myocardial Fibres....Pages 261-269
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Cardioactive Steroids with Special Reference to Calcium....Pages 270-279
Back Matter....Pages 289-301
β¦ Subjects
Cell Biology
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