H. Sigel (ed.)

Metal Ions in Biological Systems

Volume 17: Calcium and Its Role in Biology
Herausgeber: Sigel, Helmut

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is wholly devoted to Ca2+ metal ion, as it is so important in regulating a wide variety of biological activities. It deals with calcium and brain proteins, the role of ca2+ in exocytosis, blood coagulation, and the regulation of the skeletal muscle contraction-relaxation cycle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 160mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9780824771720
• ISBN-10: 0824771729
• Artikelnr.: 22307714

Autorenporträt

Helmut Sigel

Inhaltsangabe

1. Bioinorganic Chemistry of Calcium 2. Crystal Structure Studies of
Calcium Complexes and Implications for Biological Systems 3. Intestinal and
Renal Absorption of Calcium 4. Calcium Transport across Biological
Membranes 5. Physiological Aspects of Mitochondrial Calcium Transport 6.
Mode of Action of the Regulatory Protein Calmodulin 7. Calcium and Brain
Proteins 8. The Roles of Ca2+ in the Regulation and Mechanism of Exocytosis
9. Calcium Function in Blood Coagulation 10. The Role of Calcium in the
Regulation of the Skeletal Muscle Contraction-Relaxation Cycle 11.
Calcification of Vertebrate Hard Tissues