Includes bibliographical references and index.

Functional significance of membrane architecture in skeletal and cardiac muscle / Clara Franzini-Armstrong -- Triadin, a linker for calsequestrin and the ryanodine receptor / Wei Guo [and others] -- Single channel properties and calcium conductance of the cloned expressed ryanodine receptor/calcium-release channel / Karol Ondrias [and others] -- The role of ryanodine receptor isoforms in the structure and function of the vertebrate triad / Barbara A. Block [and others] -- Functional properties of inosital 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor and ca2+ signaling / Masamitsu Iino -- Inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptors: functional properties, modulation, and role in calcium wave propagation / Ilya Bezprozvanny -- Regulatory interactions between calcium ATPases and phospholamban / David H. MacLennan and Toshihiko Toyofuku -- Transporters of nucleotides and nucleotide derivaties in the endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus / Carlos B. Hirschberg -- Regulation of vacuolar acidification / Michael Forgac -- MscL: a mechanosensitive channel in escherichia coli / Sergei I. Sukharev -- Structure and function of the yeast outer mitochondrial membrane channel, VDAC / Michael Forte -- Mitochondrial inner membrane channels in yeast and mammals / Cristina Ballarin [and others]. The ADP/ATP transport system: a paradigm of metabolite transport in mitochondria / G. Brandolin [and others] -- Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor activation and nuclear envelope assembly / Katherine L. Wilson [and others] -- Nuclear ion channels and regulation of the nuclear pore / Lisa Stehno-Bittel [and others]. Ion-exchange gel regulates neurotransmitter release through the exocytotic fusion pore / P. Marszalek [and others] -- Membrane fusion by the influenza hemagglutinin: the fusion pore / Judith M. White [and others] Regulation of store-operated calcium currents in mast cells / Anant B. Parekh and Reinhold Penner -- Positive and negative regulation of depletion- activated calcium channels by calcium / Richard S. Lewis [and others] -- Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release in frog cut muscle fibers in the presence of a large concentration of EGTA / De-Shien Jong [and others].