LIFE - AS A MATTER OF FAT Lipids in a Membrane Biophysics Perspective

LIFE - AS A MATTER OF FAT Lipids in a Membrane Biophysics Perspective / by Ole G. Mouritsen, Luis A. Bagatolli.

The present book gives a multi-disciplinary perspective on the physics of life and the particular role played by lipids (fats) and the lipid-bilayer component of cell membranes. The emphasis is on the physical properties of lipid membranes seen as soft and molecularly structured interfaces. By combi...

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Main Authors: Mouritsen, Ole G. (Author), Bagatolli, Luis A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed. 2016.
Series:The Frontiers Collection,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
Bioorganic chemistry.
Lipids.
Food—Biotechnology.
Amorphous substances.
Complex fluids.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Lipidology - the science of lipids
  • I THE OVERLOOKED MOLECULES
  • Life from molecules
  • Head and tail
  • Oil and water
  • Lipids speak the language of curvature
  • A matter of softness
  • Soft shells shape up
  • Biological membranes - models and fashion
  • II LIPIDS MAKE SENSE
  • Lipids in bilayers - a stress-full and busy life
  • The more we are together
  • Lipids in Flatland
  • Social Lipids
  • Lively lipids provide for function
  • Proteins at lipid mattresses
  • III LIPIDS IN ACTION
  • Cholesterol on the scene
  • Lipids in charge
  • Being smart - a _shy matter of fat
  • Liquor and drugs - as a matter of fat-. Lipid eaters
  • Powerful and strange lipids at work
  • Survival by lipids
  • Epilogue: Fat for Future
  • Bibliography
  • Sources for Figures. – Index.

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