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 I. From Cells to Vesicles / II. Generic and Specific Interactions
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Edited By
R. Lipowsky, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid-und Grenzflächenforschung, Teltow-Seehof, Germany
E. Sackmann, TU München, Garching, Germany
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Handbook of Biological Physics, 1
Description
The first volume of the Handbook deals with the amazing world of biomembranes and lipid bilayers. Part A describes all aspects related
to the morphology of these membranes, beginning with the complex architecture of biomembranes, continues with a description of the bizarre
morphology of lipid bilayers and concludes with technological applications of these membranes. The first two chapters deal with biomembranes,
providing an introduction to the membranes of eucaryotes and a description of the evolution of membranes. The following chapters are
concerned with different aspects of lipids including the physical properties of model membranes composed of lipid-protein mixtures, lateral
phase separation of lipids and proteins and measurement of lipid-protein bilayer diffusion. Other chapters deal with the flexibility
of fluid bilayers, the closure of bilayers into vesicles which attain a large variety of different shapes, and applications of lipid
vesicles and liposomes.
Part B covers membrane adhesion, membrane fusion and the interaction of biomembranes with
polymer networks
such as the cytoskeleton. The first two chapters of this part discuss the generic interactions of membranes from the conceptual point
of view. The following two chapters summarize the experimental work on two different bilayer systems. The next chapter deals with the
process of
contact formation, focal bounding and macroscopic contacts between cells. The cytoskeleton within eucaryotic cells consists
of a network of relatively stiff filaments of which three different types of filaments have been identified. As explained in the next
chapter much has been recently learned about
the interaction of these filaments with the cell membrane. The final two chapters deal with
membrane fusion.
Contents
Contents: Preface. Part A: 1. Biological membranes architecture and function (E. Sackmann). 2. The evolution of membranes (M. Bloom, O.G.
Mouritsen). 3. Polymorphism of lipid-water systems (J.M. Seddon, R.H. Templer). 4. Phospholipid monolayers (H. Mhwald). 5. Physical basis
of self-
organization and function of membranes: physics of vesicles (E. Sackmann). 6. Lateral diffusion in membranes (P.F.F. Almeida,
W.L.C. Vaz). 7. Molecular theory of chain packing, elasticity and lipid-protein interaction in lipid bilayers (A. Ben-Shaul). 8. Morphology
of vesicles (U. Seifert, R.
Lipowsky). 9. Material transport across permeability barriers by means of lipid vesicles (G. Cevc). 10. Applications
of liposomes (D.D. Lasic).
Part B: 11. Generic interactions of flexible membranes (R. Lipowsky). 12. Electrostatic properties of membranes:
The Poisson-Boltzmann theory (D. Andelman). 13. Interaction in membrane assemblies (V.A. Parsegian, R.P. Rand). 14. Tension-induced mutual
adhesion and a conjectured superstructure
of lipid membranes (W. Helfrich). 15. Physical actions in biological adhesion (E. Evans). 16.
Adhesion of cells (P. Bongrand). 17. Cell membranes and the cytoskeleton (P. Janmey). 18. Electroporation and electrofusion of membranes
(D.S. Dimitrov). 19. Cation-induced vesicle fusion modulated by polymers
and proteins (K. Arnold). Author index. Subject index.
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Hardbound, 1052 pages, publication date: JUN-1995
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-81975-8
ISBN-10: 0-444-81975-4
Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND
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