This keenly awaited first overview of the field represents a complete guide to the structure and function of the most important mammalian cell membrane organelles. Filling a huge gap in the primary literature, this book is the first to cover the subject in detail.
Following an introduction by Kai Simons, the discoverer of lipid rafts and the most prominent scientist in the field, chapters include:
Historical background
Distinct structures and functions
Structural basis
Signaling
Viral entry and virion budding
Cholesterol transport
Caveolins
Lipid shells
Cell polarity and intracellular trafficking
Cancer cells
Of prime importance to molecular and cell biologists, biochemists, membrane scientists, cancer researchers, and virologists.
Following an introduction by Kai Simons, the discoverer of lipid rafts and the most prominent scientist in the field, chapters include:
Historical background
Distinct structures and functions
Structural basis
Signaling
Viral entry and virion budding
Cholesterol transport
Caveolins
Lipid shells
Cell polarity and intracellular trafficking
Cancer cells
Of prime importance to molecular and cell biologists, biochemists, membrane scientists, cancer researchers, and virologists.
"... well written and useful chapters" - Natural Cell Biology
"This is a book that will be useful to everyone interested in membrane biophysics. The chapters highlight the many unanswered questions in the field and detail some work that should be done in the future. Perhaps this book will stimulate more of us to get involved in the development of novel experimental methods and to continue trying to answer the critical unanswered questions." - ChemBioChem
"This is a book that will be useful to everyone interested in membrane biophysics. The chapters highlight the many unanswered questions in the field and detail some work that should be done in the future. Perhaps this book will stimulate more of us to get involved in the development of novel experimental methods and to continue trying to answer the critical unanswered questions." - ChemBioChem
"...Eine sehr gute Übersicht zum Thema bei angemessenem Preis."
BDI, 06/2007
BDI, 06/2007