Perspectives In Membrane Biology

Participants

Preface

I. Structure and Plasticity of Biological Membranes

Some Aspects of Membrane Structure

X-Ray Diffraction Approach to the Structure of Biological Membranes

Structure and Assembly of Virus Membranes

Water in the Structure and Function of Cell Membranes

Glycosphingolipids in Biological Membranes

NMR Studies of Lipid Bilayer Systems Used as Model Membranes

NMR Studies of Lipid Bilayer Systems Used as Model Membranes

Counterpoint

II. Ion and Metabolite Distribution

Sodium Sites and Zonulae Occludens: Localization at Specific Regions of Epithelial Cell Membranes

The Control of Metabolism by Ion Transport across Membranes

Active Transport in Isolated Bacterial Membrane Vesicles

Calcium Binding Proteins and Natural Membranes

The ( Na++K+) - Activated Enzyme System

III. The Conservation of Energy in Membranes

The Mechanism of Alkali Metal Cation Translocation in Mitochondrial Membranes

Site and Mechanism of Action of Cations in Energy Conservation

Localized and Delocalized Potentials in Biological Membranes

IV. Light Mediated Phenomena in Membranes

The Electron Transport System as a H+ Pump in Photosynthetic Bacteria

Primary Acts of Energy Conservation in the Functional Membrane of Photosynthesis

Rhodopsin, Visual Excitation and Membrane Viscosity

V. Role of the Membranes in Genome Expression

Hormone Receptors and Their Function in Cell Membranes

Initial Reactions Occurring in the Cell Plasma Membrane following Hormone Binding

Surface Ultrastructure of Normal and Pathogenic Cultured Cells

The Isolation of Surface Components Involved in Specific Cell-Cell Adhesion and Cellular Recognition

VI. Membrane and the Immunological Response

Lymphocyte Membranes in Lymphocyte Functions

Cell Membrane Antigens Determined by the Mouse Major Histocompatibility Complex — Some Data and Some Speculations

Ligand Induced Redistribution of Membrane Macromolecules: Implications for Membrane Structure and Function

VII. Reconstitution of Specific Membrane Functions

Lipid-Protein Assembly and the Reconstitution of Biological Membranes

From Membranes to Cancer

Artificial Lipid Membranes as Possible Tools for the Study of Elementary Photosynthetic Reactions