Books in the Biomembranes. A Multi-Volume Treatise series

Covers endocytosis, exocytosis and related processes. A major role of the plasma membrane is as a permeability barrier, keeping the inside of the cell inside and the outside, outside. This book explores the structures and mechanisms involved in these biologically and medically important processes.

The role for the membrane is that of passing messages between a cell and its environment. This volume covers receptors for hormones and growth factors.

Application of the techniques of molecular biology has provided the sequences of a number of membrane proteins, and has led to the discovery of superfamilies of membrane proteins of related structure. The classic example of the superfamily is the seven helix receptor superfamily. This work explores the structures and functions of this family.

The super family of immunoglobulin related proteins include the T cell receptors and the histocompatibility complex, which, together with the receptors for immunoglobulins, are of fundamental importance in the processes of immunity. This title explores the structures and functions of the molecules involved in these important functions of the cell.

Covers the group of membrane proteins - the ATPases. This title includes the plasma membrane and muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ -ATPases, the (Na+ -K+) -ATPase, the gastric (H+ -K+) -ATPase, the plasma membrane H+ -ATPase of fungi and plants, the Mg2+ - transport ATPase, the Salmonella typhimurium, and the K+ -ATPase of Escherichia coli, KdpB.