Description
Thermal Sensors
Current Topics in Membranes Series
Coordinators: Islas León, Qin Feng
Language: English
Subjects for Thermal Sensors:
Keywords
Allosteric coupling; Ankyrin repeats; Chemical sensors; Chloride transport; Coiled coil; Cold thermotransduction; Conformational rearrangement; Covalent and noncovalent modifications; Cryo-electron microscopy; Dermatitis; Electrophysiology; Gating; Gating kinetic models; Hair morphogenesis; Inflammation; Infrared; Ion channel; Ion channels; Ion channels modulation; K2P; Lipids; Lysophospholipids; Membrane biophysics; Molecular evolution; NADPH oxidase; Neutrophil; Nociception; Pain; pH; Post-translational modifications; Potassium channel; Primary sensory neurons; Proton conduction; Pruritus; Skin disorders; Steroids; Stoichiometry; Structure-function relationship; Temperature; Temperature activation; Temperature dependence; Temperature sensor; Temperature-dependent gating; Temperature-sensing; Thermal biology; Thermal receptors; Thermal sensitivity; Thermal sensors; Thermochannels; Thermodynamics; Thermosensitivity; Thermotransduction; thermoTRPS; TRAAK; Transporter; TREK-1; TREK-2; TRP channels; TRPA1; TRPM8; TRPV1; TRPV2; TRPV3; Two-pore; Voltage sensor; X-ray crystallography
394 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
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Current Topics in Membranes is targeted toward scientists and researchers in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology, providing the necessary membrane research to assist them in discovering the current state of a particular field and in learning where that field is heading.
This volume presents an up to date presentation of current knowledge and problems in the field of thermal receptors. This is a rapidly evolving research area and the book contains important contributions from some of the leaders in the field.
- Thermal Effects and Sensitivity of Biological Membranes
León D. Islas - Temperature Sensing by Thermal TRP Channels: Thermodynamic Basis and Molecular Insights
Feng Qin - Gating of Thermally Activated Channels
David Baez, Natalia Raddatz, Gonzalo Ferreira, Carlos Gonzalez and Ramon Latorre - TRPA1 Channels: Chemical and Temperature Sensitivity
Willem J. Laursen, Sviatoslav N. Bagriantsev and Elena O. Gracheva - Temperature Sensitivity of Two-Pore (K2P) Potassium Channels
Eve R. Schneider, Evan O. Anderson, Elena O. Gracheva and Sviatoslav N. Bagriantsev - Lipid Modulation of Thermal Transient Receptor Potential Channels
Enrique Hernández-García and Tamara Rosenbaum - Structure of Thermally Activated TRP Channels
Matthew R. Cohen and Vera Y. Moiseenkova-Bell - Thermal Sensitivity of CLC and TMEM16 Chloride Channels and Transporters
Michael Pusch and Giovanni Zifarelli - Structure and Function of The ThermoTRP Channel Pore
Jie Zheng and Linlin Ma - Temperature-Sensitive Gating of Voltage-Gated Proton Channels
Yuichiro Fujiwara and Yasushi Okamura - Intimacies and Physiological Role of The Polymodal Cold-Sensitive Ion Channel TRPM8
Rodolfo Madrid and María Pertusa - Thermally-Activated TRPV3 Channels
Jialie Luo and Hongzhen Hu
- Written by leading experts
- Contains original material, both textual and illustrative, that should become a very relevant reference material
- The material is presented in a very comprehensive manner
- Both researchers in the field and general readers should find relevant and up-to-date information
