Structure of Biological Membranes FROM THE PUBLISHER
Recent research has provided an abundance of new information on membrane biochemistry. Now more than ever, it is essential to update our current understanding of membrane structure and function to fully appreciate and apply these findings. Completely revised and updated to reflect advances in the field, The Structure of Biological Membranes, Second Edition focuses on lipids and the lipid bilayer, as well as on membrane protein structure and function. It provides an integrated view of membranes as functioning units and includes a chapter on transport. This new edition incorporates recent advances in membrane protein structure, membrane rafts, and membrane fusion. The roles of cholesterol in the biology of cells, the structures of G-protein coupled receptors, membrane lipids as modulators of membrane-bound enzymes, and viral fusion mechanisms are presented and analyzed in depth. Updating our knowledge of biological membrane structure, this second edition serves as a valuable resource for structural biologists, biophysicists, cell biologists, biochemists, and researchers in the pharmaceutical industry.
SYNOPSIS
Because some of what was learned in the early decades of lipid research is not part of the current view on membrane structure, and thus the lipid bilayer is as widely misunderstood today as during the 1970s and 1980s, contributors from North America and Europe present much fundamental lipid lore critical to an adequate understanding of the important and unique biological structures. Their topics include the mesomorphic phase behavior of lipid bilayers, nonlamellare lipid phases, the roles of cholesterol in the biology of cells, the translational diffusion of membrane proteins, and viral fusion mechanisms. No date is noted for the first edition. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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