Mechanosensitive ion channels

by Hamill, Owen P.

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Full title :Mechanosensitive ion channels. / edited by Owen P. Hamill.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:San Diego, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xix, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0121533581, 9780121533588, 9780121533595, 012153359X
oclc:ocn123556268
LC Classification:QH601
Dewey Decimal:572.3

pt. A. Structures of the prokaryotic mechanosensitive channels MscL and MscS -- 3.5 billion years of mechanosensory transduction: structure and function of mechanosensitive channels in prokaryotes -- Activation of mechanosensitive ion channels by forces transmitted through integrins and the cytoskeleton -- Thermodynamics of mechanosensitivity -- Flexoelectricity and mechanotransduction -- Lipid effects on mechanosensitive channels -- Functional interactions of the extracellular matrix with mechanosensitive channels -- MscL: the bacterial mechanosensitive channel of large conductance -- Bacterial mechanosensitive channel MscS: emerging principles of gating and modulation -- Structure-function relations of the MscS -- MscS cytoplasmic domain and its conformational changes on the channel gating -- Microbial TRP channels and their mechanosensitivity -- MscS-like proteins in plants -- Delivering force and amplifying signals in plant mechanosensing -- MS channels in tip-growing systems.

Subjects

Biological Transport, Active Canaux ioniques Ion Channel Gating Ion Channels Mechanotransduction, Cellular Membrane Proteins Membranes échangeuses d'ions Protéines membranaires Transport actif (Biologie) Transport biologique