Includes bibliographical references and index.

Water compartments in cells / Gary D. Fullerton and Ivan L. Cameron -- Yeast osmoregulation / Stefan Hohmann, Marcus Krantz, and Bodil Nordlander -- Physiological analysis of bacterial mechanosensitive channels / Ian R. Booth ... [et al.] -- Control of cell cycle in response to osmostress : lessons from yeast / J. Clotet and F. Posas -- Bacterial osmosensing transporters / Janet M. Wood -- Plant gene networks in osmotic stress response : fom genes to regulatory networks / Lam-Son Phan Tran ... [et al.] -- Osmosensing by integrins in rat liver / Freimut Schliess and Dieter H�aussinger -- Hyperosmotic activation of the CDb95s system / Roland Reinehr and Dieter H�aussinger -- New approaches for determining apoptotic volume decrease in cells / / Carl D. Bortner, Maria I. Sifre, and John A. Sidlowski -- Transient receptor potential channels in mechanosensing and cell volume regulation / Stine Falsig Pedersen and Bernd Nillus -- Cell volume regulatory ion channels in cell proliferation and cell death / Florian Lang ... [et al.] -- Actin cytoskeleton architecture and signaling in osmosensing / Evangelica A. Papakonstanti and Christos Stournaras -- Osmotic stress and DNA damage / Natalia I. Dmitrieva and Maurice B. Burg -- Transcriptional activator TonE-binding protein in cellular protection and differentiation / Jeong Ah Kim ... [et al.] -- Desiccation response of mammalian cells : anhydrosignaling / Zebo Huang and Alan Tunnacliffe -- Tonicity-regulated gene expression / Joan D. Ferraris and Maurice B. Burg -- Hyperosmotic induction of mitogen-activated protein kinase scaffolding / Thomas L. Hilder, Michael H. Malone, and Gary L. Johnson -- Osmoregulation of bile formation / Ralf Kubitz and Dieter H�aussinger -- Osmosignaling and volume regulation in intestinal epithelial cells / Christina H. Lim ... [et al.] -- Osmotic regulation of cellular glucose uptake / Philippe Gual ... [et al.] -- Effects of osmolytes on protein folding and aggregation in cells / Zoya Ignatova and Lila M. Gierasch -- Simulations of macromolecules in protective and denaturing osmolytes : properties of mixed solvent systems and their effects on water and protein structure and dynamics / David A.C. Beck ... [et al.] -- Application of the transfer model to understand how naturally occurring osmolytes affect protein stability / Matthew Auton and D. Wayne Bolen -- Mechanisms of high salinity tolerance in plants / Narendra Tuteja -- Phenotype of the taurine transporter knockout mouse / Ulrich Warskulat ... [et al.] -- Molecular basis of osmolyte effects on protein and metabolites / J�org R�osgen -- Methods of changing biopolymer volume fraction and cytoplasmic solute concentrations for in vivo biophysical studies / Michael C. Konopka, James C. Weisshaar, and M. Thomas Record, Jr. -- Characterization of plant aquaporins / Ralf Kaldenhoff ... [et al.].

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For over fifty years the Methods in Enzymology series has been the critically acclaimed laboratory standard and one of the most respected publications in the field of biochemistry. The highly relevant material makes it an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life and related sciences. This volume features articles on the topic of osmosensing and osmosignaling written by experts in the field.