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The Cell Membrane

Its Role in Interaction with the Outside World

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  • © 1984

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  1. Edgar Haber

    1. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-ix
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  2. Herman Kalckar: An Appreciation

    1. Herman Kalckar: An Appreciation

      • Edgar Haber
      Pages 1-3

  3. The Cell Membrane of Procaryotes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Outer Membrane Permeability of Gram-Negative Bacteria in their Interaction with the Outside World

      • Hiroshi Nikaido
      Pages 7-17

    3. Biogenesis of Membrane Lipoproteins in Bacteria

      • Henry C. Wu
      Pages 19-31

    4. Periplasmic Membrane-Derived Oligosaccharides and Osmoregulation in Escherichia Coli

      • Eugene P. Kennedy
      Pages 33-43

    5. Approaches to the Biochemistry of Protein Secretion in Bacteria

      • Bernard D. Davis, Stephen Lory, Michael Caulfield, P. C. Tai
      Pages 45-54

    6. Two Mechanisms of Biosyntheses of Antibiotic Peptides

      • Kiyoshi Kurahashi, Chika Nishio
      Pages 55-66

    7. Transmembrane Channels Made by Colicins

      • S. E. Luria
      Pages 67-69

    8. Significance of Lipopolysaccharide Structure for Questions of Taxonomy and Phylogenetical Relatedness of Gram-Negative Bacteria

      • Hubert Mayer
      Pages 71-83

    9. Cloning and Expression of Genes Encoding the nupG Nucleoside Transport System in Escherichia Coli

      • Agnete Munch-Petersen, Nina Jensen
      Pages 85-99

    10. From Herman Kalckar’s Galactose Recapture to the Galactose Chemoreceptor

      • Winfried Boos
      Pages 101-107

    11. Glycerol Utilization by Facilitated Diffusion Coupled to Phosphorylation in Bacteria

      • E. C. C. Lin
      Pages 109-130

    12. Mechanisms of Cellular Protein Localization

      • S. A. Benson, E. Bremer, S. Garrett, D. R. Kiino, J. W. Shultz, T. J. Silhavy et al.
      Pages 131-146

  4. The Cell Membrane of Eukaryotes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Ektobiology, Growth Control and Cancer

      • Arthur B. Pardee
      Pages 149-159

    3. Carbohydrate Antigens of Cell Surfaces Detected by Monoclonal Antibodies

      • Victor Ginsburg
      Pages 161-168

    4. Studies on a Cancer Associated Glycoprotein

      • Kurt J. Isselbacher, Daniel K. Podolsky
      Pages 169-179

    5. Glycosphingolipids as Markers for Development and Differentiation and as Regulators of Cell Proliferation

      • Sen-itiroh Hakomori
      Pages 181-201

    6. Probing the Macrophage Surface: Alterations in Specific Surface Carbohydrates Accompany Macrophage Activation

      • Arthur M. Mercurio, Gerald A. Schwarting, Phillips W. Robbins
      Pages 203-215
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About this book

The contents of this book reflect a symposium held in honor of Professor Herman Kalckar's seventy-fifth birthday. His impact on the history of biochemistry is reflected by the diversity of the contributions of his former students and friends. Speakers came from Asia, Europe, and the United States to discuss both procaryotes and eukaryotes. The unifying theme was the cell membrane, both its organization and its function. Ektobiology, a topic that has held the attention of Professor Kalckar for many years, was clearly defined as a central topic in biology. This subject deals with the key structure whereby the cell interacts with the outside world and which, in a sense, defines the boundary between what is the cell and what is not. Topics discussed include the biogenesis of membrane proteins, sugars and lipids, the role of membrane components in osmoregula­ tion, and mechanisms of nutrient transport. Of great interest is the system for surface recognition evolved in vertebrates, exemplified by the HLA system of man. Neoplasia causes changes in the cell membrane that may be of significant future potential in the diagnosis and treatment of malignancies as well as in the understanding of the process of transformation. The changes in glycosphingolipids and carbohydrate antigens in relation to oncogenesis are detailed. I should like to recognize Doctors Kurt J. Isselbacher, Phillips W. Robbins, Victor Ginsburg, and Hiroshi Nikaido for their ,assistance in organizing the symposium. Ms. Jean Brumbaugh deserves special thanks for putting this book together.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

    Edgar Haber

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Cell Membrane

  • Book Subtitle: Its Role in Interaction with the Outside World

  • Editors: Edgar Haber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1215-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-1217-8Published: 18 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-1215-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 298

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general

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