The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life

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 Valérie Gabelica

8. Sodium and Potassium Ions in Proteins and Enzyme Catalysis; Milan Vasák and Joachim Schnabl

9. Roles and Transport of Sodium and Potassium in Plants; Manuel Nieves-Cordones, Fouad Razzaq Al Shiblawi, and Hervé 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; Günter Fritz and Julia Steuber

12. Sodium-Proton (Na⁺/H⁺) Antiporters: Properties and Roles in Health and Disease; Etana Padan and Meytal Landau

14. Bioinspired Artificial Sodium and Potassium Ion Channels; Nuria Rodríguez-Vázquez, Alberto Fuertes, Manuel Amorín, 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