Cell Boundaries: How Membranes and Their Proteins Work

ISBN-13: 9780815342168 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 546 str.

STEPHEN WHITE

Opis

The central themes of Cell Boundaries deal with understanding the organization of lipids in bilayers and the folding, assembly, stability, and function of membrane proteins. It was written with advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the biological and physical sciences in mind.

Spis treści

0. The E Words  1. Foundations of Membrane Structure  2. Lipid Bilayers  3. Interactions of Peptides with Lipid Bilayers  4. Membrane Protein Folding & Stability  5. Protein Trafficking in Cells  6. Biosynthesis and Assembly of Membrane Proteins  7. How Proteins Shape Membranes  8. Membrane Protein Bioinformatics  9. Primer on Biomolecular Structure Determination  10. Small-Molecule Channels  11. Ion Channels  12. Primary Transporters: Transport Against Electrical and Chemical Gradients  13. Secondary Transport  14. Bioenergetics  15. Information Transfer: Signaling in Cells