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RECORD NUMBER: 30 OF 44Main Title | Membranes of cells | |||||||||||
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Author | Yeagle, Philip. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Academic Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1993 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 27852495 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0127690417 (acid-free paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Cell membranes ; Cell Membrane | |||||||||||
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Edition | 2nd ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xiv, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes |
Introduction -- Organization of membranes in cells -- Functions of cell membranes -- Hydrophobic effect -- Lipids of cell membranes -- Phospholipids -- Sphingolipids -- Glycolipids -- Sterols -- Detergents -- Membrane models and model membranes -- Membrane models -- Model membrane systems -- Lipid properties in membranes -- Membrane structure -- Lipid conformation in membranes -- Phospholipid motional properties -- Cholesterol and cell membranes -- General features of the cholesterol molecule -- Cholesterol location in cells -- Location of cholesterol in the membrane -- Cholesterol effects on the physical properties of membranes -- Role of steroids in sterol-requiring cells -- Membrane proteins -- Classification of membrane proteins -- Membrane protein conformation -- Lipid-protein interactions and the roles of lipids in biological membranes -- Theoretical considerations of lipid-protein interactions -- Classes of lipid-protein interactions important to function -- How do lipids affect membrane protein function? -- Lipid-protein interactions and lipid state -- Reconstitution. (cont) Transport -- Passive diffusion -- Facilitated diffusion -- Active transport -- Membrane fusion -- Fundamentals of the membrane fusion process -- Measurement of fusion -- Fusion of phospholipid vesicles -- Virus fusion -- Calcium and cellular membrane fusion -- Intracellular membrane fusion -- Membrane receptors -- G-protein receptors -- Receptor-coupled channels -- Insulin receptor -- Receptor-mediated endocytosis -- Metabolism of membrane lipids -- Fatty acid biosynthesis -- Biosynthesis of phosphatidate -- Biosynthesis of diacylglycerol from phosphatidate -- Biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine -- Phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis -- Phosphatidylserine biosynthesis -- Phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol synthesis -- Phosphatidylinositol biosynthesis -- Biosynthesis of the sphingolipids -- Metabolism of sphingolipids -- Cholesterol of biosynthesis -- Regulation of
cholesterol levels in the cell -- Membrane biogenesis -- Assembly of lipids into membranes -- Biosynthesis of membrane proteins and their assembly into membranes.
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