Physical Principles of Biomembranes and Cells

• Main Authors: Ohki, Kazuo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Miyata, Hidetake (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Cell biology.; Biotechnology.; Geobiology.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.; Cell Biology.; Biogeosciences.

This book describes how biologically available free energy sources (ATP, chemical potential, and membrane potentials, among others) can be used to drive synthetic reactions, signaling in cells, and various types of motion such as membrane traffic, active transport, and cell locomotion. As such, it a...