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Molecular biology of membranes : structure and function
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- Creator
- Howard R. Petty
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Plenum, [1993]
- ©1993
- Physical Details
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- xx, 404 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780306444296, 0306444291
- OCLC
- ocm27896975
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Ch. 1. An Introduction to Biological Membranes -- Ch. 2. Lipids, Oligomers, and Proteins -- 2.1. Membrane Lipids -- 2.2. Oligomeric Membrane Ionophores -- 2.3. Membrane Proteins -- Ch. 3. Carbohydrates and Cytoskeletal Components -- 3.1. Membrane Carbohydrates -- 3.2. Membrane Skeletons -- Ch. 4. Supramolecular Membrane Structure -- 4.1. X-ray and Electron Diffraction and Image Processing -- 4.2. Transmission Electron Microscopy -- 4.3. Scanning Electron Microscopy -- Ch. 5. Bioenergetics: Putting Membranes to Work -- 5.1. The Importance of Proton Pumping -- 5.2. Photosynthetic Membranes -- 5.3. Mitochondrial Membranes: The Respiratory Chain -- 5.4. The Payoff: Transducing Proton Potential into ATP -- Ch. 6. Transport Across Membranes -- 6.1. Molecular Transport -- 6.2. Macromolecular and Bulk Transport -- Ch. 7. Receptors and Responses -- 7.1. Receptors: An Introduction -- 7.2. Channel Receptors: The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor -- 7.3. RGC Receptors: The [beta]-Adrenergic Receptors -- 7.4. Polypeptide Hormone Receptors: The Insulin Receptor -- 7.5. Adherence Receptors -- 7.6. A Survey of Signaling Strategies and Their Cytoskeletal Communication -- Ch. 8. Membrane Fusion, Formation, and Flow -- 8.1. Fusion -- 8.2. Biosynthesis of Membrane Lipids, Proteins, and Carbohydrates and Their Translocation across Membranes -- 8.3. Biosynthetic Membrane Flow -- Ch. 9. Membranes in Cancer -- 9.1. Phenotypic Properties of Cancer Cells and Their Membranes -- 9.2. Aberrant Membrane Signals of Oncogene Products Potentiate Cell Growth -- 9.3. Expression of Membrane P-glycoproteins Allows Cancer Cells to Evade Chemotherapy -- 9.4. Role of Membranes in Metastasis and Invasion -- 9.5. Tumor-Specific Antigens
Subjects
- Membranes (Biology) -- Ultrastructure.
- Molecular biology.
- Cell Membrane -- ultrastructure.
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- Cell Membrane -- physiology.
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- Molecular Biology.
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