Charge and Field Effects in Biosystems--2

ISBN-13: 9781461278658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 389 str.

M. J. Allen; F. M. Hawkridge;S. F. Cleary

Spis treści

Prologue.- Experimental Approaches to the Study of Charge and Energy Transfer in Biomacromolecular and Intact Cellular Systems.- The Charge Translocating Reactions of the bc Complexes and Cytochrome Oxidase.- Antibodies Affect the Structure and Function of Ionic Channels in a Lipid Membrane.- Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of the Oxidation of the Horseradish Peroxidase Active Site.- Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering from Cytochromes c and P-450 on Bare and Phospholipid-Coated Silver Substrates.- Interheme Interactions in a Tetraheme Protein, Desul-fovibrioVulgaris Miyazaki Cytochrome c3 as Monitored by Microscopic Redox Potentials.- Electron Transfer Reactions of Irreversibly Adsorbed Cytochromes on Solid Electrodes.- Interfacial Electron Transfer Reactions of Heme Proteins.- Use of Promoter Modified Electrodes for Heme Protein Electrochemistry.- Ion and Electron Transport Properties of Biological and Artificial Membranes.- Interaction of Combined Static and Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields with Calcium Ion Transport in Normal and Transformed Human Lymphocytes and Rat Thymic Cells.- Theoretical Modeling of the Ethanol Induced Changes in the Lateral Interactions of the Ionic Head Groups of Phosphatidylcholine at the Water-Lipid Interface.- The Electronic Properties of Dystrophic Muscle Membrane Systems.- Hemoglobin Electron Transfer Reactions.- Glutamate Receptor Desensitization.- Effect of Electrochemical Processes and Electromagnetic Fields on Biological Systems.- Microwaves Affect the Function of Reconstituted and Native Receptor Membranes of the Brain.- The Activity of Respiratory Enzymes in Mitochondria of Hepatocytes of Rats Exposed to Constant Magnetic Fields.- Charge-Field Interactions in Cell Membranes and Electroconformational Coupling: Transduction of Electric Energy by Membrane ATPases.- Charge-Field Interactions in Cell Membranes and Electroconformational Coupling: Theory for the Interactions Between Dynamic Electric Fields and Membrane Enzymes.- Nonlinear Effects of Periodic Electric Fields on Membrane Proteins.- Functional Alteration of Mammalian Cells by Direct High Frequency Electromagnetic Field Interactions.- Effects of Microwave Radiation on Inducable Ion Transport of Rat Erythrocytes.- Electroporation of Lipid Vesicles by Inner Electric Field.- Effect of Radiation on Biological Systems.- A Theoretical Examination of How and Why Power Line Fields Interact with Biological Tissue.- The Extracellular Space and Energetic Hierarchies in Electrochemical Signaling Between Cells.- Photo-Induced Bioelectrochemical Processes.- Diazoluminomelanin: A Synthetic Electron and Nonradiative Transfer Biopolymer.- Applications of Bioelectrochemical Technology.- Electrostimulation of Cell Metabolism and Proliferation.- The Study of Membrane Electrofusion and Electroporation Mechanisms.- Microbial Fuel Cell Studies of Iron-Oxidising Bacteria.- In Vivo Voltammetry with an Ultramicroelectrode.- Measurements of the Electrical Impedance of Living Cells in the Frequency Domain.- Membrane Electroporation: Biophysical and Biotechnical Aspects.- Contributors.