Symposium on Biophysics and Physiology of Biological Transport: Frascati, June 15–18, 1965

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Transport of Metabolites....Pages 1-12
Ion Transport in Excitable Cells....Pages 13-16
Electrolyte and Water Transport across Epithelial Cells....Pages 17-20
Some Aspects of the Functional Polarity of Epithelia....Pages 21-25
Amino Acid Absorption through Intestinal Epithelium....Pages 26-29
Some Biochemical Aspects of Amino Acid Transport....Pages 30-35
Na + -Dependent Transport of Carbohydrates through Intestinal Epithelium....Pages 36-40
Intestinal Absorption of Fat....Pages 41-44
Studies on the Intercellular Junctions of Mesothelium and Endothelium....Pages 45-51
Energy Metabolism and Ion Transport Studied in Single Neurons....Pages 52-55
Some Aspects of Glucose Transport in Kidney Cortex Slices....Pages 56-57
Relationships between the Natriferic Action of Oxytocin and the Active Transport of Sodium through the Frog’s Skin....Pages 58-61
Effect of 5-Hydroxytryptamine on Sodium Transport across Bullfrog Skin....Pages 62-65
Cellular Aspects of Membrane Permeability....Pages 66-69
Role of Intestinal Disaccharidases in Sugar Transport....Pages 70-71
Temporal Resolution of Heat Exchange during Action Potential of Nerve....Pages 72-75
Energetics of Transport....Pages 76-85
Exchange of Macromolecules between Nucleus and Cytoplasm....Pages 86-87
Phagocytosis and Related Phenomena....Pages 88-89
Active Ion Transport by Mitochondria....Pages 90-94
Lysosomes and Phagosomes....Pages 95-98
The Nature of Thermodynamic Coupling in Transport Processes....Pages 99-102
The Effect of Metabolic Inhibitors on Pinocytosis in Amoebae....Pages 103-105
Effects of Some Substances on Release of Acid Hydrolases of Rat Liver....Pages 106-109
Distribution and Turnover of the Phosphatides in the Intracellular Membranes and in the Myelin Sheaths of the Rat Brain....Pages 110-111
Enzymes, Drugs and Transport Phenomena....Pages 112-120
Transport of Drugs across Membranes....Pages 121-122
Transport of Biological Amines as an Element of Drug Action....Pages 123-125
Effects of Insulin on Glucose Transport in Chick Embryo Heart....Pages 126-127
Biophysical Aspects of Ionic Transfer across Membranes in Relation to the Mode of Action of Diuretics....Pages 128-131
Absorption through Intestinal Epithelium as Influenced by Phospholipids....Pages 132-135
Effect of Cardiac Glycosides on Active Na-K-Transport....Pages 136-142
The Effect of Prostaglandin E 1 on Free Fatty Acid Mobilization and Transport....Pages 143-146
Structure and Physical Chemistry of Membranes....Pages 147-156
On the Lipid Composition of Membranes....Pages 157-159
Interrelationship between Lipids and Proteins in Membranes....Pages 160-164
Surface Properties of Molecular Aggregates of Micellar Size in Relation to Membrane Permeability and Adhesion....Pages 165-167
Monomolecular Films at Saline/Fluorocarbon Interfaces....Pages 168-171
Structural and Biochemical Features of Isolated Cell Surface Membranes....Pages 172-173
Liquid Ion Exchange Membranes of Extreme Ionic Selectivity and High Transmissivity....Pages 174-180
Lipid Interactions in Aqueous Surfaces, Membranes and Micellar Systems....Pages 181-182
The Diffusion of Ions from a Phospholipid Model Membrane System....Pages 183-187
Structural Role of Water in Lipoprotein Systems....Pages 188-193
Experimental Bilayer Membrane Models....Pages 194-196
Surface Lattices and Membrane Design....Pages 197-201
Possible Location of Phospholipids and Structural Protein in Mitochondrial Membranes....Pages 202-205
Comparison of Theories of Teorell’s Membrane Oscillator....Pages 206-207
Electron Microscopy of Negatively-stained Lipids....Pages 208-211
The Effects of Negative Stains on Lipids and Proteins Observed in the Electron Microscope....Pages 212-213
Electron Microscopy of Fixed Lipids....Pages 214-217
Origin of the Unit Membrane Concept....Pages 218-245
X-ray Diffraction Studies of Cell Membranes....Pages 246-247
The Structure of Cellular Membranes....Pages 248-261
Specializations of the Unit Membrane....Pages 262-274
Mitochondrial Cristae during Liver Regeneration....Pages 275-282
Some Ultrastructural Aspects of Cell Membranes....Pages 283-287
General Aspects of the Transport of Matter across Non-semipermeable Membranes....Pages 288-291
Active Transport and Metabolism....Pages 292-294
Chemical Control of Excitable Membranes during Electrical Activity....Pages 295-298
Carrier Mechanisms....Pages 299-302
The Enzymatic Basis for the Active Transport of Sodium and Potassium....Pages 303-308
Isolation of a Protein Coded for by the Permease Gene of the Lac Operon of Escherichia coli ....Pages 309-314
Evidence for a Carrier-mediated Transfer Model for the Accumulation of 14 C-γ-Aminobutyric Acid by Brain Particles at Zero Degrees Centigrade....Pages 315-317
Sodium-dependent Metabolism and Transport of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Subcellular Particles from Brain....Pages 318-321
Countercurrent Principle....Pages 322-327
Compartmental Models in the Analysis of Intestinal Absorption....Pages 328-335
Concluding Remarks at the “Symposium on Biophysics and Physiology of Biological Transport”....Pages 336-341