Planar Lipid Bilayers (BLMs) and Their Applications

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. Léonetti, E. Goormaghtigh, F. Homblé

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. Teissié, 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