This volume focuses on the recent advances in understanding plasma membrane organization and function beginning with simple systems and extending to specialized membrane domains of vertebrate cells. Written by leading experts in the fieldContains original material, both textual and illustrative, that should become a very relevant reference materialPresents material in a very comprehensive mannerIdeal for both researchers in the field and general readers who will find relevant and up-to-date information INDICE: A Molecular Look at MembranesMax BerkowitzWhere Biology Meets Physics - A Converging View on Membrane Microdomain DynamicsNicolas Destainville, Thomas H. Schmidt and Thorsten LangPlasma Membrane Repair in Health and DiseaseAlexis R. Demonbreun and Elizabeth M. McNallyLocal Palmitoylation Cycles and Specialized Membrane Domain OrganizationYuko Fukata, Tatsuro Murakami, Norihiko Yokoi and Masaki FukataAn Adaptable Spectin/Ankyrin-Based Mechanism for Long-Range Organization of Plasma Membranes in Vertebrate TissuesVann Bennett and Damaris N. LorenzoThe Axon Initial Segment, Fifty Years Later: A Nexus for Neuronal Organization and FunctionChristophe Leterrier
- ISBN: 978-0-12-805404-8
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 270
- Fecha Publicación: 15/01/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés