The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1. Bioinorganic Chemistry of the Alkali Metal Ions; Youngsam Kim , Thuy Tien Nguyen, and David G. Churchill 2. Determination of Alkali Ions in Biological and Environmental Samples; Peter C. Hauser 3. Solid State Structures of Alkali Metal Ion Complexes Formed by Low-Molecular-Weight Ligands of Biological Relevance; Katsuyuki Aoki, Kazutaka Murayama, and Ning-Hai Hu 4. Discriminating Properties of Alkali Metal Ions towards the Constituents of Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Conclusions from Gas-Phase and Theoretical Studies; Mary T. Rodgers and Peter B. Armentrout 5. Alkali Metal Ion Complexes with Phosphates, Nucleotides, Amino Acids, and Related Ligands of Biological Relevance. Their Properties in Solution; Francesco Crea, Concetta De Stefano, Claudia Foti, Gabriele Lando, Demetrio Milea, and Silvio Sammartano 6. Sodium and Potassium Interactions with Nucleic Acids; Pascal Auffinger, Luigi D'Ascenzo, and Eric Ennifar 7. Role of Alkali Metal Ions in G-Quadruplex Nucleic Acid Structure and Stability; Eric Largy, Jean-Louis Mergny and Valerie Gabelica 8. Sodium and Potassium Ions in Proteins and Enzyme Catalysis; Milan Vasak and Joachim Schnabl 9. Roles and Transport of Sodium and Potassium in Plants; Manuel Nieves-Cordones, Fouad Razzaq Al Shiblawi, and Herve Sentenac 10. Potassium versus Sodium Selectivity in Monovalent Ion Channel Selectivity Filters; Carmay Lim and Todor Dudev 11. Sodium as Coupling Cation in Respiratory Energy Conversion; Gunter Fritz and Julia Steuber 12. Sodium-Proton (Na + /H + ) Antiporters: Properties and Roles in Health and Disease; Etana Padan and Meytal Landau 13. Proton-Potassium (H + /K + ) ATPases: Properties and Roles in Health and Diseases; Hideki Sakai, Takuto Fujii, and Noriaki Takeguchi 14. Bioinspired Artificial Sodium and Potassium Ion Channels; Nuria Rodriguez-Vazquez, Alberto Fuertes, Manuel Amorin, and Juan R. Granja 15. Lithium in Medicine: Mechanisms of Action; Duarte Mota de Freitas, Brian D. Leverson, and Jesse L. Goossens 16. Sodium and Potassium Relating to Parkinson's Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury; Yonghwang Ha, Jeong A. Jeong, Youngsam Kim, and David G. Churchill