Table Of ContentBB. 
Biomembranes 
Vol.  1153,  1993 
Cumulative  Contents 
Information  for Contributors  vil  F. Bordi,  C. Cametti,  A. Rosi and A.  Calcabrini 
(Italy)  77 
Regular  Papers  Membrane  disorganization  induced  by  per- 
fringolysin  O (theta-toxin)  of  Clostridium  per- 
fringens  —  effect  of toxin  binding  and  self-as- 
Interaction  of sphingosine  and  stearylamine  with 
phosphatidylserine  as  studied  by  DSC  and  sembly  on  liposomes 
NMR  M.  Iwamoto,  M.  Nakamura,  K.-i.  Mitsui,  S. 
F. Lépez-Garcia,  V. Micol,  J.  Villalain  and J.C.  Ando  and  Y. Ohno-Iwashita  (Japan)  89 
Gomez-Ferndndez  (Spain)  Phenylarsine  oxide  and  hydrogen  peroxide  stimu- 
The  influence  of  size  and  composition  on  the  late glucose  transport  via different  pathways  in 
cholesterol  mobilizing  properties  of liposomes  isolated  cardiac  myocytes 
in Vivo  Y. Fischer,  H. Rose, J. Thomas,  B. Deuticke  and 
H. Kammermeier  (Germany)  97 
W.V.  Rodrigueza,  P.H.  Pritchard  and M.J.  Hope 
(Canada)  Effects  of vasopressin  on  single  Cl~  channels  in 
A fluorescence  anisotropy  study of stabilizing  ef-  the  apical  membrane  of  distal  nephron  cells 
fect  of  tri-  and  tetra-  nitrovasodilatory  drugs  (A6) 
Y. Marunaka  and H.  Tohda  (Canada)  105 
on  DPPC  liposomal  membrane 
Functional  and  biochemical  characterization  of 
A.K.  Ghosh,  J. Mukherjee,  R. Basu,  M.  Chatter- 
jee and P. Nandy  (India)  20  the  human  potassium  channel  Kv1.5  with  a 
transplanted  carboxyl-terminal  epitope  in sta- 
Hepatoselective  carrier-mediated  sodium-inde- 
ble mammalian  cell  lines 
pendent  uptake  of  pravastatin  and  pravasta- 
L.H.  Philipson,  A.  Malayev,  A.  Kuznetsov,  C. 
tin-lactone 
Chang and D.J.  Nelson  (USA)  111 
K. Ziegler and §. Hummelsiep  (Germany)  23 
Chloride  transport  by human  placental  microvil- 
Kinetic  characterization  of  Na*/p-mannose  co- 
lous  membrane  vesicles 
transport  in  dog  kidney:  comparison  with 
S. Byrne,  J.D.  Glazier,  S.L.  Greenwood,  D. Ma- 
Na*  /p-glucose  cotransport 
hendran  and C.P.  Sibley  (UK)  122 
M.  Silverman  and L. Ho  (Canada)  34 
Stabilization  of  egg  phosphatidylcholine  lipo- 
Identification  of  two  unique  polypeptides  from 
somes  by the  insertion  of sulfatide 
dog  kidney  outer  cortex  and  outer  medulla 
H.  Noda,  M.  Kurono,  N.  Ohishi  and  K.  Yagi 
that  exhibit  different  Na*/p-glucose  cotrans- 
(Japan)  127 
port  functional  properties 
M.  Silverman,  P. Speight  and L.  Ho  (Canada)  43 
Rapid Report 
Ionic  factors  regulating  the  interaction  of  Gard- 
nerella  vaginalis  hemolysin  with  red blood  cells 
A 46  kDa  NTPase  common  to  rat  liver  nuclear 
S.  Cauci,  R. Monte,  F.  Quadrifoglio,  M.  Ropele 
envelope,  mitochondria,  plasma  membrane, 
and G. Menestrina  (Italy)  53 
and  endoplasmic  reticulum 
Quantitative  analysis  of proton  movements  asso- 
G.P.  Sabbatini,  P.J.  Smith  and  C.  Von Holt 
ciated with the uptake of weak carboxylic acids. 
(South Africa)  132 
The  yeast  Candida  utilis  as  a model 
F. Cassio,  M. Cérte-Real and C. Ledo  (Portugal)  59 
Regular Papers 
SE= L  TInh ibition  of  the  Ca  pump  of  intact  red  blood 
cells  by  t-butyl  hydroperoxide:  importance  of  Characterization  of  5-fluorouracil  loaded  lipo- 
glutathione  peroxidase  somes  prepared  by reverse-phase  evaporation 
T.T.  Rohn,  T.R.  Hinds and F.F.  Vincenzi  (USA)  67  or  freezing-thawing  extrusion  methods:  study 
Frequency  domain  electrical  conductivity  meas-  of drug release 
urements  of the passive  electrical  properties  of  B.  Elorza,  M.A.  Elorza,  G.  Frutos  and  J.R. 
human  lymphocytes  Chantres  (Spain)
350 
Absence  of  lipid  gel-phase  domains  in  seven  A voltage-dependent  and  a  voltage-independent 
mammalian  cell  lines  and  in four  primary  cell  potassium  channel  in brown  adipocytes  of the 
types  rat 
T. Parasassi,  M. Loiero,  M. Raimondi,  G. Rava-  U. Ruf,  T. Ringer and D.  Siemen  (Germany) 
gnan  and E.  Gratton  (Italy,  USA)  The  membrane  potential  has no  detectable  effect 
Partitioning  of gramicidin  A’  between  coexisting  on  the  phosphocholine  headgroup  conforma- 
fluid  and  gel phospholipid  phases  tion  in  large  unilamellar  phosphatidylcholine 
vesicles  as  determined  by 7H-NMR 
A.R.G.  Dibble,  M.D.  Yeager  and  G.W.  Feigen- 
son  (USA)  J.M.  Leenhouts,  V.  Chupin,  J.  De Gier  and  B. 
De Kruijff (The Netherlands) 
Amino  acid  substitutions  in the  membrane-bind- 
ing  domain  of cytochrome  b, alter  its  mem-  Determination  of the  intracellular  free  chloride 
brane-binding  properties  concentration  in rat  brain  synaptoneurosomes 
V.G.  Tretyachenko-Ladokhina,  A.S.  Ladokhin,  using  a chloride-sensitive  fluorescent  indicator 
L.  Wang,  A.W.  Steggles  and  P.W.  Holloway  A.C.  Engblom  and K.E.O.  Akerman  (Finland) 
(USA)  Overexpression  of the  ER-membrane  protein  P- 
Kinetics  of incorporation  of porphyrins  into small  450  CYP52A3  mimics  sec  mutant  characteris- 
unilamellar  vesicles  tics in Saccharomyces  cerevisiae 
C.  Vever-Bizet  and D. Brault  (France)  B.  Wiedmann,  P. Silver,  W.-H.  Schunck  and M. 
A membrane-bound  form  of protein  disulfide  iso-  Wiedmann  (USA,  Germany) 
merase  (PDI)  and  the  hepatic  uptake  of or-  Heteroacid  phosphatidylcholines  with  different 
ganic anions  amounts  of unsaturation  respond  differently  to 
W.  Honscha,  M.  Ottallah,  A.  Kistner,  H.  Platte  cholesterol 
and E. Petzinger  (Germany)  J.  Hernandez-Borrell  and  K.M.W.  Keough 
Rabbit  skeletal  muscle  sarcoplasmic  reticulum  (Canada) 
Ca**-ATPase  activity:  stimulation  in  vitro  by  ATP  activation  of plasma  membrane  yeast  H°- 
thyroid  hormone  analogues  and  bipyridines  ATPase  shows  complex  kinetics  independently 
P.R.  Warnick,  P.J.  Davis,  F.B.  Davis,  V.  Cody,  of the  degree  of purification 
J. Galindo,  Jr. and §.D.  Blas  (USA)  G.  Berberidn,  G.  Helguera  and  L.  Beaugé 
Membrane  orientation  of  transmembrane  seg-  (Argentina) 
ments  11  and  12 of MDR-  and  non-MDR.-as-  Enhanced  permeation  and  stratum  corneum 
sociated  P-glycoproteins  structural  alterations  in the presence  of dithio- 
J.-T.  Zhang and  V. Ling  (Canada)  threitol 
Static  and  dynamic  studies  of the  potential-sensi-  C.Y.  Goates  and K. Knutson  (USA) 
tive  membrane  probe  RH421  in  dimyris-  Ontogeny  .of  Na*/p-glucose  cotransport  in 
toylphosphatidylcholine  vesicles  guinea-pig  jejunal  vesicles:  only  one  system  is 
A.  Zouni,  RJ.  Clarke,  A.J.W.G.  Visser,  N.V.  involved  at both  20°C  and  35°C 
Visser  and  J.F.  Holzwarth  (Germany,  The  C. Malo  (Canada) 
Netherlands)  The  active  metabolite  hydroxytamoxifen  of  the 
Intracellular  pH regulation  in cecal epithelial cells  anticancer  drug  tamoxifen  induces  structural 
from  the chick  changes  in membranes 
M.L.  Calonge,  M.J.  Peral  and  A.  Ilundain  J.B.A.  Custédio,  L.M.  Almeida  and  V.M.C. 
(Spain)  Madeira  (Portugal) 
Deregulation  by  zinc  of  the  sodium  efflux  in  Direct  observation  of differential  UV  photolytic 
barnacle  muscle  fibers  degradation  among  the  tryptophan  residues  of 
H. Xie and E.E.  Bittar  (USA)  gramicidin  A  in  sodium  dodecyl  sulfate  mi- 
The  role of drug—lipid  interactions  in the biologi-  celles 
cal  activity  of modulators  of multi-drug  resis-  S. McKim  and J.F.  Hinton  (USA) 
tance  A model  of mitochondrial  creatine  kinase  binding 
R.M.  Wadkins  and P.J.  Houghton  (USA)  to  membranes:  adsorption  constants,  essential 
Transport  of choline  by Madin-Darby  canine  kid-  amino  acids  and  the  effect  of ionic  strength 
ney cells  S.N.  Fedosov,  L.V.  Belousova  and  I.W.  Plesner 
(Denmark,  Russia) 
P.  Zlatkine,  G.  Moll,  A.  Blais,  A.  Loiseau  and 
C. Le Grimellec  (France)  Ion  velocity  distributions  in gramicidin  channels 
Electrical  impedance  and  erythrocyte  sedimenta-  determined  with  laser  Doppler  velocimetry 
tion  rate  (ESR) of blood  F. Macias  and M.E.  Starzak  (USA) 
T.-X.  Zhao  and D.  Lockner  (Sweden)
Interactions  of  liposomes  and  hydrophobically-  mitochondrial  import  site  proteins  ISP42  and 
modified  poly-( N-isopropylacrylamides):  an  at-  MOM38 
tempt  to model  the  cytoskeleton  P.  Cartwright,  M.  Timms,  T.  Lithgow,  P.  Hoj 
H.  Ringsdorf,  E.  Sackmann,  J. Simon  and F.M.  and N. Hoogenraad  (Australia)  345 
Winnik  (Germany,  Canada) 
Cumulative  Contents,  Vol.  1153  349 
Short  Sequence-Paper 
Author  Index  352 
An  Escherichia  coli  gene  showing  a  potential 
ancestral  relationship  to  the  genes  for  the