Handbook of Nonmedical Applications of Liposomes: Theory and Basic Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780367260989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 346 str.

Danilo D. Lasic; Yechezkel Barenholz

Opis

First published in 1996, liposomes have become an important model in fundamental biomembrane research, including biophysical, biochemical, and cell biological studies of membranes and cell function. In these volumes many of the top experts contribute extensive reviews of their work.

Spis treści

Introduction and History, D.D. Lasic
1. Elastic Properties of Closed Bilayer Membranes and the Shapes of Giant Phospholipid Vesicles, S. Svetina and B. Zeks
2. Shapes of Fluid Vesicles, U. Seifert and R. Lipowsky
3. Vesicles of Complex Topology, B. Fourcade, X. Michalet, and D. Bensimon
4. Computer Simulation of the Thermodynamic and Conformational Properties of Liposomes, B. Dammann, H.C. Fogedby, J.H. Ipsen, C. Jeppesen, K. Jørgensen, O.G. Mouritsen, J. Risbo, M.C. Sabra, M.M. Speroto, and M.J. Zuckermann
5. Molecular Theory of Acyl Chain Packing in Lipid and Lipid-Protein Membranes, D.R. Fattal and A. Ben-Shaul
6. On the Mechanisms of the Lamellar®Hexagonal HII Phase Transition and the Biological Significance of the HII Propensity, P.K.J. Kinnunen
7. Computational Molecular Models of Lipid Bilayers Containing Mixed-Chain Saturated and Monounsaturated Acyl Chains, C. Huang and S. Li
8. Properties of Mixed-Chain Length Phospholipids and Their Relationship to Bilayer Structure, J.T. Mason
9. Aggregation Properties of Gangliosides: Micelles and Vesicles, M. Corti and L. Cantù
10. Effect of Solutes on the Membrane Lipid Phase Behavior, B. Tenchov and R. Koynova
11. Interaction of Membranes in the Presence of Divalent Cations, S. Marcelja
12. Use of Liposomes to Model Aggregation and Fusion Phenomena, S. Nir
13. Effect of Polymers Attached to Lipid Headgroups on Properties of Liposomes, V.P. Torchilin
14. Liposomes in Electric Fields, M. Winterhalter
15. Cryoelectron Microscopy of Liposomes, P.M. Fredrick, M.C.A. Stuart, P.H.H. Bomans, and D.D. Lasic

O autorze

Danilo D. Lasic, Yechezkel Barenholz, Ching-Hsien Huang, Shusen Li, Ole G Mouritsen, Shlomo Nir.