Textbook of Membrane Biology / by Rashmi Wardhan, Padmshree Mudgal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wardhan, Rashmi, author.

Mudgal, Padmshree, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cell membranes.

Proteins.

Cell physiology.

Membrane Biology.

Protein-Ligand Interactions.

Receptors.

Protein Science.

Cell Physiology.

Local Subjects:

Membrane Biology.

Protein-Ligand Interactions.

Receptors.

Protein Science.

Cell Physiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXV, 368 pages) : 343 illustrations

Edition:

First edition 2017.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the basic principles, concepts, techniques and latest advances in the field of biomembranes and membrane-associated processes. With new emerging technologies and bioinformatics tools, this is a promising area for future study and research. The book discusses the composition, fluidity and dynamic nature of phospholipid bilayers, which vary with cell/organelle type and function. It describes the various types of transport proteins that facilitate the transport of polar and nonpolar molecules across the membrane actively or passively via ion-channels or through porins. It also explores the many cellular functions membranes participate in: (1) energy transduction, which includes the electron transport chain in inner membrane of mitochondria and bacterial cytoplasmic membrane and photosynthetic electron transport in thylakoid membranes in chloroplast and photosynthetic bacterial membranes; (2) cell-cell communication involving various signal transduction pathways triggered by activated membrane receptors; (3) cell-cell interactions involving various types of adhesion and receptor proteins; (4) nerve transmission involving opening and closing of voltage gated ionic channels; and (5) intracellular transport involving the processes of endocytosis, exocytosis, vesicular transport of solutes between intracellular compartments, membrane fusion and membrane biogenesis.

Contents:

Introduction to Biomembranes

Membrane Structure

Membrane Proteins

Function and characterization of Cellular membranes

Membrane Dynamics

Membrane Transport

Nerve Transmission

Energy Transduction

Membrane Receptors and Signal Transduction Pathways

Recycling of Membranes.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-981-10-7101-0

9789811071010

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