Articles from a workshop entitled, The Role of biomembranes in the integrity and function of cells, held Aug. 3-6, 1982, New York City. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Romanian Council for Science and Technology. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Metabolism and intracellular distribution of a fluorescent analogue of phosphatidic acid in cultures fibroblasts / Richard E. Pagano -- Heterogeneity in the plasma membrane lipids of Eukaryotic cells / Michael Edidin, Alice VanVoris sessions -- Lipid fluifity of the individual hemileaflets of human erythrocyte membrances / David Schachter [and others] -- Modification of cell membranes composition by dietary lipids and its implications for Atherosclerosis / Fred A. Kummerow -- The effect of lipid membrane composition on the permeability of membranes to Cap2s / Ross P. Holmes [and others] -- Interaction between Lysolecithin and platelets and its relationship to disease / Mircea Petru Cucianu -- Erythropoietin interaction with the mature red cell membrane / I. Baciu, Liana Ivanof -- Control of heart oxidative phosphorylation by creatine kinade in mitochondrial membranes / William E. Jacobus [and others] -- Lysophosphatidylcholine Acyltransferase: purification and applications in membrance studies / David W. Deamer, Victor Gavino -- The aqueous pore in the red cell membrance: band 3 as a channel for anions, cations, nonelectrolytes, and water / A.K. Solomon [and others] -- Arachidonic acid, Leukotriene B. and Neutrophil activation / P.H. Naccache, R.I. Sha'afi -- A comparison of the effects of cholesterol and 25-hydroxycholesteral on egg yolk lecithin liposomes: spin label studies / Gheorghe Benga [and others] -- The spin-label approach to labelling membrane protein sulfhydryl groups / Lawrence J. Berliner -- Analysis of spin-labeled erythrocyte membranes / Leslie W.-M. Fung -- Induced alterations in the physical state of sialic acid and membrane proteins in human erythrocyte ghosts: implications for the topology of the major sialoglycoprotein / D. Allan Butterfield [and others] -- Bioenergetic studies of cells with spin probes / Rold J. Mehlhorn, Lester Packer.