Membrane nanodomains

• Main Author: Silvius, John Robert, 1954-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. : Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences, c2013.
• Series: Colloquium series on the building blocks of the cell ; #1.
• Subjects: Cell membranes.; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology; biological membrane; membrane lipids; membrane proteins; membrane curvature; lipid phases; lipid rafts; cholesterol; protein-protein interactions; protein-lipid interactions; fluorescence microscopy; electron microscopy; single-particle fluorescence; super-resolution microscopy; mass spectrometry; epithelial cells; lymphocytes; mast cells; cell signaling; membrane traffic; Electronic books.
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Many membranes in eukaryotic cells are inhomogeneous structures in which various membrane components are nonrandomly distributed, forming diverse types of 'domains.' Some membrane domains have long been well known, because they are sufficiently large, long-lived, and morphologically well d...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Thermodynamic bases for formation of membrane domains
• Kinetic bases for formation of membrane domains
• Historical development of the concept of membrane nanodomains
• Experimental tools to study nanodomain formation in cells
• Experimental studies of nanodomains in cellular systems
• Looking forward.