Piezo Channels

Publishes cutting-edge reviews in the fields of biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology, with the latest volume focusing on piezo channels

Philip A Gottlieb (Volume editor)

9780128093894

Hardback, published 19 July 2017

348 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.75 kg

Approx.334 pages

1. A Tour de Force: The Discovery, Properties, and Function of Piezo Channels
2. Piezo1 Channels in Vascular Development and the Sensing of Shear Stress
3. Origin of the Force: The Force-From-Lipids Principle Applied to Piezo Channels
4. Genetic Diseases of PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 Dysfunction
5. The Structural Basis for Sensing by the Piezo1 Protein
6. In Touch With the Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels: Structure, Ion Permeation and Mechanotransduction
7. Piezo2 in Cutaneous and Proprioceptive Mechanotransduction in Vertebrates
8. Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels in the Gastrointestinal Tract
9. Regulation of Piezo Channels by Cellular Signaling Pathways
10. Role of Piezo Channels in Joint Health and Injury
11. The Kinetics and the Permeation Properties of Piezo Channels
12. A Microfluidic Approach for Studying Piezo Channels

Subject Areas: Biochemical engineering [TC], Cellular biology [cytology PSF], Molecular biology [PSD]