Biomembranes : Passive Permeability of Cell Membranes: A satellite symposium of the XXV Internationational Congress of Physiological Sciences, Munich, Germany, July 25–31, 1971, organized by the Department of Physiology, University of Nijmejen, Nijmejen, Netherlands, and held in Rotterdam, July 20–22, 1971

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Diffusion. Basic Phenomena and Mechanism....Pages 5-35
Diffusion, Chemical Reaction and Facilitated Diffusion....Pages 37-55
Asymmetry in Biological Permeability Barriers with Carrier Transport....Pages 57-77
Carrier Diffusion....Pages 79-99
Aspects of Competitive Inhibition....Pages 101-105
A New Kinetic Analysis of the Leucine Transport Carrier in Erythrocytes....Pages 107-116
An Alternative to the Carrier Model for Sugar Transport Across Red Cell Membranes....Pages 117-126
Single File Diffusion....Pages 127-153
Carrier-Mediated Diffusion Across Thin Membranes....Pages 155-157
Lipids of the Cell Plasma Membrane....Pages 159-179
The Isolation of Erythrocyte Membrane Proteins in Aqueous Media....Pages 181-192
Lipid Binding of Membrane Proteins....Pages 193-195
Phase Transitions in Lipids....Pages 197-227
Immunological Aspects of Cation Transport in Sheep Red Cells....Pages 229-236
The L Antibody and Potassium Fluxes in LK Red Cells of Sheep and Goats....Pages 237-245
Fluorescent Probes in Membrane Studies....Pages 247-266
Motion of Spin Labeled Fatty Acids in Membrane Structures....Pages 267-279
Recent Studies Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Lipids and Biological Membranes....Pages 281-292
Electrical Noise from Synthetic Membranes....Pages 293-298
Properties of Water in Red Cell and Synthetic Membranes....Pages 299-330
Properties of Water Channels in Human Red Cells....Pages 331-340
The Modification of Water Structure by Divalent Cations as a Mechanism of Membrane Permeability Control....Pages 341-348
Surface Coating and Transport....Pages 349-355
Membrane Lipid Pattern and Non-Electrolytes Permeability in Salmo Trutta L. Red Blood Cells....Pages 357-362
Mechanisms of Anion Permeation....Pages 363-380
Passive Anion Transfer Across the Red Cell Membrane and its Alteration by Amphiphilic Compounds....Pages 381-391
Chemical Modification of Proteins Involved in the Permeability of the Erythrocyte Membrane to Ions....Pages 393-413
Modified Erythrocyte Cation Permeability....Pages 415-426
Conductance Mechanisms in Excitable Cells....Pages 427-447
Simulation of Membrane Properties....Pages 449-471
Membrane Noise and Ion Transport in the Node of Ranvier....Pages 473-482
Delayed Voltage Responses to Fast Changes of (Na) O at the Outer Surface of Frog Skin Epithelium....Pages 483-498
Allostery and Permeability of Postsynaptic Membranes....Pages 499-513
Back Matter....Pages 515-519