Aharon Katzir Memorial Volume

It was a warm, sunny morning in Rehovot. The sky was c1ear as it always is in June. As I walked to the Institute that morning, too many cars were passing by, too many people were hurrying onto the Institute's grounds. No one was smiling, acquaintances were recognized by a slight nod of the head. When I turned the corner, a few people already had gathered on the lawn in front of the Jacob Ziskind building. This number was to swell to thousands before the service was over. We were to be joined by the President of Israel, its first Prime Minister, many members of the cabinet, and other great, near-great, working colleagues, and residents of the town. The purpose of all this activity was written on everyone's face, and underlined by the casket that lay in the rotunda of the building. His wife was sitting there, his children, his brother, his students both past and present. One could hear the silence of the participants. I stood inside for a while, overlooking the rotunda. A long line of mourners filed by, offering their sympathies to the family. Suddenly a woman, dressed in black, fell to her knees in front 9f Rina, sobbing. It was the wife of the Japanese Ambassador to Israel. I moved to join the crowd outside. People were standing on the lawn, gingerly trying to avoid stepping on a flower.

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1 Fluidity and Phase Transitions of Cell Membranes.- I. Introduction.- II. Phase Transitions and Fluidity of Lipid and Membrane Systems.- III. Triggering Mechanisms.- IV. Conclusions.- References.- 2 Criteria in Carrier Transport.- I. Introduction.- II. Criteria for Diffusion.- III. Carrier-Mediated Transport.- IV. Active Transport.- V. Conclusion.- References.- 3 Carotenoid and Merocyanine Probes in Chromatophore Membranes.- I. Introduction.- II. Materials and Methods.- III. Experimental Results.- IV. Discussion.- References.- 4 Effects of Sulfhydryl Reagents on Basal and Vasopressin-Stimulated Na+ Transport in the Toad Bladder.- I. Introduction.- II. Materials.- III. Methods.- IV. Results.- V. Discussion.- VI. Summary.- References.- 5 Biogenesis of Chloroplast Membranes in Chlamydomonas Reinhardi: Chloroplast-Controlled Transfer of Cytoplasmic Proteins As Visualized by Quantitative Radioautography.- I. Introduction.- II. Materials and Methods.- III. Results.- IV. Discussion.- V. Summary.- References.- 6 Nerve ExcitabilityToward an Integrating Concept.- I. Integral Physicochemical Mode for Nerve Excitation.- II. Biochemical Foundation of the Integral Model.- III. Synaptic Transmission.- IV. Concluding Remarks.- V. Summary.- References.- 7 Peptide Transport.- I. Introduction.- II. Methods of Studying Peptide Transport.- III. Peptide Transport and Peptidases.- IV. The Properties of Peptide Transport Systems.- References.- 8 Factors Influencing the Retention of K in a Halobacterium.- I. Outside KCl Concentration.- II. pH and Nature and Concentration of Salt in Outside Medium.- References.