Water and Ions in Biological Systems

Relaxation of Water in Avian Eggs.- Anomalous Volume Properties of Vicinal Water and Some Recent Thermodynamic (DSC) Measurements Relevant to Cell-Physiology.- Water and Solute Transport.- Volume Regulation in Carp Kidney Tissue as Influenced by Various Osmotic Agents.- Modifications of Human Erythrocyte Membranes and Their Effect on Water Permeability Studied by a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technique.- Cation Transport during the Cell Cycle of Neuroblastoma Cells.- Selectivity Rules for the Ion Transport in Narrow Channels through Biological Membranes from Geometrical and Dynamical Properties.- Ionic Regulation of Growth in Normal and Tumor Cells.- Effects of pH and of Temperature on Saturable Transport Processes.- Transport of Binary and Ternary Electrolytes through Charged Membranes with Allowance for Interactions.- Effect of Protein Cross-Linking on Excitable and Non-Excitable Membranes.- Isosmotic Volume Regulation by Human Lymphocytes.- Band 3 Protein-Mediated Anion Transport Across the Red Cell Membrane: the Site of Action of the Inhibitors, 4,4?-di isothiocyano dihydrostilbene-2,2?-disulfonate (H2dids) and 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (N2ph-F).- Water Permeability of the Lipid Bilayer: Experimental Studies of the Structure of Some Simple Bilayers.- Active Monovalent Cation Transport in Canine Cardiac Tissues.- Transport of Anions in the Fresh-Water. Alga Hydrodictyon Reticulatum.- Ionic Conductivities in Gastric Mucosa under Osmotic Gradients.- Water Transport in Root Systems and the Nature of Root Pressure.- Role of Water and Ions in Membrane Structure and Function. Water and Ions in Evolution of Biological Systems.- Freezing: a Tool for the Preservation and Separation of Islets of Langerhans.- Hydration Dependent Lipid Phase Transitions in a Biological Membrane.- Mechanisms of Proton-Hydroxide Flux Across Membranes.- Ion Permeability and Membrane Potential in Viral Disease.- Molecular Asymmetries in Biological Evolution and the Role of Water and Ions.- Electrical Properties of the Phospholipid/Water Interface.- DSC-Study on the Interaction between Monovalent Cations and DPPC.- Chloride Fluxes in the Erythroblastic Leukemic Cell: An Example of Membrane Differentiation.- Role of Vicinal Water in Cellular Evolution.- Proton Translocation and Bioenergetic Phenomena.- Application of Chemical Modification and Spin Labeling Techniques to the Study of Energy Conversion by Bacteriorhodopsin.- Mechanism of Proton Translocation by the b-c1 Complex of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain.- The Structural and Functional Organization of Water Cleavage in Photosynthesis.- Analysis of Proton Translocation through Hydrogen-Bonded Chains Using Molecular Orbital Methods.- H+ Gradient Changes: their Measurement and their Significance in Cell Stimulation.- Calcium and the Regulation of Cellular Processes. Water and Ions in Muscle.- Calcium Dependent Regulation of Conformational Change in the SH2 Region of Skeletal Myosin.- The Role of Calcium Ions in the Conformational Changes of Troponin.- Potassium Loss and Water Uptake of Stimulated Frog Muscle.- Dependence of the Electrical and Contractile Activities of the Gastric Smooth Muscle on Ca Ions.- Calcium Extrusion Pump of the Smooth Muscle Cell Membrane.- Regulation of Pinocytosis in Amoeba Proteus by the Calcium Ion.- Heavy Water Effects in Living Systems.- Steric versus Electronic Components of Secondary Deuterium Isotope Effects Depend on the Size of Electrophilic Probes.- D2O/H2O Permeability of Membranes by Light Scattering.- The Isotope Effect of D2O on the Fire-Fly Bioluminescence Spectra.- Two Distinct Orders in Agarose Biostructural Gels: Transition Kinetics and the Role of Temperature and Isotopic Substitution.- Physical Techniques in the Study of Water in Biological Systems. Cryobiology.- On the State of Water in Biological Systems. Evaluation of Methods of its Investigations.- An ESR Study of the Oxidation and Reduction of Bisulfite (Hydrated Sulfur Dioxide) in Biological Systems.- NMR Studies of the Role of Intracellular Sodium Ions in the Mechanism of Insulin Action on an Amphibian Oocyte.- The Loss of Intracellular Water during Freezing in Presence of Hydroxyethyl Starch.- Erythrocytes in Alternating Electric Fields.- Water in Polymers and Artemia Cysts: Relation of Neutron Scattering and NMR Results.- Water, Ions and Drug Action, Including Anesthetics.- The Effect of Inhalation Anesthetics on Epithelial Water and Ion Transport "in vivo": Studies in Rats.- Water and DNA-Drug Interaction.- Mapping by the MTD Method of a Catecholamine Receptor Implied in the Ionic Permeability of Cell Membranes.- Superoxide Anion in Acute CCl4 Intoxication; the Protective Action of ZnCl2.- Ionic Channels.- The Ordered Water Ion Channel Model.- Gating Kinetics in Ionic Channels.- Threshold Function of the Nerve Excitable Membrane and the Noise Associated to Ionic Currents.