Content:
Preface
Page v
Chapter 1 The lipid bilayer concept: Experimental realization and current applications Original Research Article
Pages 1-73
H.T. Tien, A. Ottova
Chapter 2 Dielectric and electrical properties of lipid bilayers in relation to their structure Original Research Article
Pages 75-108
Hans G.L. Coster
Chapter 3 Boundary potentials of bilayer lipid membranes: Methods and interpretations Original Research Article
Pages 109-141
Yu.A. Ermakov, V.S. Sokolov
Chapter 4 Effect of anisotropic properties of membrane constituents on stable shapes of membrane bilayer structure Original Research Article
Pages 143-172
Ales Iglic, Veronika Kralj-Iglic
Chapter 5 Elastic properties of bilayer lipid membranes and pore formation Original Research Article
Pages 173-204
Dumitru Popescu, Stelian Ion, Aurel Popescu, Liviu Movileanu
Chapter 6 Mechanoelectric properties of BLM Original Research Article
Pages 205-238
Alexander G. Petrov
Chapter 7 Chain-ordering phase transition in bilayer: Kinetic mechanism and its physicochemical and physiological implications Original Research Article
Pages 239-268
D.P. Kharakoz
Chapter 8 Coupling of chain melting and bilayer structure: Domains, rafts, elasticity and fusion Original Research Article
Pages 269-293
T. Heimburg
Chapter 9 Water transport Original Research Article
Pages 295-314
Peter Pohl
Chapter 10 Membrane-macromolecule interactions and their structural consequences Original Research Article
Pages 315-346
S. May, A. Ben-Shaul
Chapter 11 Investigation of substrate-specific porin channels in lipid bilayer membranes Original Research Article
Pages 347-369
Roland Benz
Chapter 12 Planar lipid bilayer analyses of bacterial porins; the role of structure in defining function Original Research Article
Pages 371-390
M.A. Arbing, J.W. Coulton
Chapter 13 Reconstitution in planar lipid bilayers of ion channels synthesized in ovo and in vitro Original Research Article
Pages 391-412
L.K. Lyford, R.L. Rosenberg
Chapter 14 Multi-channel and single-channel investigation of protein and peptide incorporation into BLM Original Research Article
Pages 413-447
E. Gallucci, S. Micelli, V. Picciarelli
Chapter 15 Structure and function of plant membrane ion channels reconstituted in planar lipid bilayers Original Research Article
Pages 449-478
M. Smeyers, M. LΓ©onetti, E. Goormaghtigh, F. HomblΓ©
Chapter 16 Reconstituting SNARE proteins into BLMs Original Research Article
Pages 479-488
K.T. Rognlien, D.J. Woodbury
Chapter 17 Mitochondrial ion channels, their isolation and study in planar BLMs. A comparison of the properties of the ion channels with the properties of ion transport systems in intact mitochondria Original Research Article
Pages 489-515
G.D. Mironova
Chapter 18 The use of iiposomes to detect channel formation mediated by secreted bacterial proteins Original Research Article
Pages 517-537
V. Cabiaux, S. Vande Weyer, J.M. Ruysschaert
Chapter 19 The quest for ion channel memory using a planar BLM Original Research Article
Pages 539-568
R. Cassia-Moura
Chapter 20 Symmetric and asymmetric planar lipid bilayers of various lipid composition: A tool for studying mechanisms and lipid specificity of peptide/membrane interactions Original Research Article
Pages 569-587
A. Wiese, T. Gutsmann, U. Seydel
Chapter 21 Insights into ion channels from peptides in planar lipid bilayers Original Research Article
Pages 589-604
H. Duclohier
Chapter 22 Permeation property and intramembrane environments of synthetic phytanyl-chained glyceroglycolipid membranes Original Research Article
Pages 605-631
T. Baba, H. Minamikawa, M. Hato, T. Handa
Chapter 23 Modulation of planar bilayer permeability by electric fields and exogenous peptides Original Research Article
Pages 633-667
A. Gliozzi, F. Gambale, G. Menestrina
Chapter 24 Gravitational impact on ion channels incorporated into planar lipid bilayers Original Research Article
Pages 669-697
M. Wiedemann, H. Rahmann, W. Hanke
Chapter 25 Advantage and disadvantages of patch clamping versus using BLM Original Research Article
Pages 699-721
M.L. Kelly, Dixon J. Woodbury
Chapter 26 Using bilayer lipid membranes to investigate the pharmacology of intracellular calcium channels Original Research Article
Pages 723-734
P. Koulen
Chapter 27 Systems aspects of supported membrane biosensors Original Research Article
Pages 735-765
I.R. Peterson, J.A. Beddow
Chapter 28 Biosensors from interactions of DNA with lipid membranes Original Research Article
Pages 767-787
U.J. Krull, D.P. Nikolelis, J. Zeng
Chapter 29 Structure and electrochemistry of fullerene lipid-hybrid and composite materials Original Research Article
Pages 789-806
Naotoshi Nakashima
Chapter 30 Analytical applications of planar bilayer lipid membranes Original Research Article
Pages 807-845
M. Trojanowicz
Chapter 31 Transmembrane voltage sensor Original Research Article
Pages 847-886
J.A. Cohen, B. Gabriel, J. TeissiΓ©, M. Winterhalter
Chapter 32 Domains, cushioning, and patterning of bilayers by surface interactions with solid substrates and their sensing properties Original Research Article
Pages 887-915
Ruxandra Vidu, Timothy V. Ratto, Marjorie L. Longo, Pieter Stroeve
Chapter 33 Supported Planar Lipid Bilayers (s-BLMs, sb-BLMs, etc.) Original Research Article
Pages 917-961
A. Ottova, V. Tvarozek, H.T. Tien
Chapter 34 Photoinduced Charge Separation in Lipid Bilayers Original Research Article
Pages 963-979
D. Mauzerall, K. Sun
Chapter 35 Photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes in planar lipid membranes Original Research Article
Pages 981-990
W.I. Gruszecki, A. Wardak
Chapter 36 Biochemical applications of solid supported membranes on gold surfaces: Quartz crystal microbalance and impedance analysis Original Research Article
Pages 991-1016
Andreas Janshoff, Hans-Joachim Galla, Claudia Steinem
Chapter 37 Simultaneous measurement of spectroscopic and physiological signals from a planar bilayer system Original Research Article
Pages 1017-1029
Yoshiro Hanyu
Index
Pages 1031-1034