Front Cover; Genes and Membranes: Transport Proteins and Receptors and Receptors; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Yale Membrane Transport Processes Volumes; PART I: RECEPTORS AND RECOGNITION PROTEINS; Chapter 1. Sensory Transduction in Bacteria; I. Introduction; II. Mapping the Transducer Genes; III. The Amino Acid Sequences of Three Transducers; IV. A Model of the Structure of the Sensory Transducers; References; Chapter 2. Mutational Analysis of the Structure and Function of the Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin; I. Introduction

II. Expression of Wild-Type HA in Simian Cells Using a Recombinant SV40 Viral VectorIII. Analysis of the Expression of Mutant HA Proteins; References; PART II: CHANNELS; Chapter 3. Ca2+ Channels of Paramecium: A Multidisciplinary Study; I. A Swimming Neuron; II. Ion Channels; III. Mutants; IV. Pawns and CNRs; V. Curing Factors; VI. Dancer Mutants, Possibly Defective in Ca2+-Channel Structure; VII. Purified Ciliary Membrane; VIII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. Studies of Shaker Mutations Affecting a K+ Channel in Drosophila; I. Introduction; II. Background

III. Hybrid Dysgenesis-Induced Shaker MutantsIV. Discussion; References; Chapter 5. Sodium Channels in Neural Cells: Molecular Properties and Analysis of Mutants; I. Introduction; II. Neurotoxins as Molecular Probes of Sodium Channels; Ill. Structure of the Sodium Channel; IV. Analysis of Neuroblastoma Cells with Missing or Altered Sodium Channels; V. Conclusion; References; PART III: TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; Chapter 6. The Histidine Transport System of Salmonella typhimurium; I. The Periplasm; II. Multiplicity of Transport Systems; III. The High-Affinity Histidine Permease

IV. Biochemical Characterization of Transport ComponentsV. Possible Mechanisms of Action; VI. Channeling Function of Membrane Components; VII. Regulation of Histidine and Arginine Transport; VIII. Evolutionary Aspects; IX. Conclusions; References; Note Added in Proof; Chapter 7. A Study of Mutants of the Lactose Transport System of Escherichia coli; I. Introduction; II. Mutants of the Lactose Carrier; III. Discussion; References; Chapter 8. The Proton-ATPase of Escherichia coli; I. Ubiquity of Proton-ATPases; II. Resolution and Reconstitution of the F1 Sector and the Membrane Sector (F0)

III. Genes and Subunits of the E. coli Proton-ATPaseIV. Mechanism of Proton Conduction through F0; V. F1-The Catalytic Unit; VI. Integration of F1 and F0; VII. Assembly of the E. coli Proton-ATPase; VIII. Comparison of the Subunits of Proton-ATPase from E. coli and Mitochondria; IX. Summary; References; Chapter 9. The Kdp System: A Bacterial K+ Transport ATPase; I. Introduction; II. Structure of the Kdp System; III. Functions of Kdp Transport Proteins; IV. Regulation of Kdp Transport; V. Questions and Challenges; References