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Fusion of Biological Membranes and Related Problems

Subcellular Biochemistry

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Editors:
  1. Herwig Hilderson

    1. University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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  2. Stephen Fuller

    1. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Subcellular Biochemistry (SCBI, volume 34)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. The Secretory Pathway From History to the State of the Art

    • Cordula Harter, Constanze Reinhard
    Pages 1-38

  3. Neurotoxins as Tools in Dissecting the Exocytic Machinery

    • Michal Linial
    Pages 39-72

  4. Annexins and Membrane Fusion

    • Helmut Kubista, Sandra Sacre, Stephen E. Moss
    Pages 73-131

  5. The Full Complement of Yeast Ypt/Rab-GTPases and Their Involvement in Exo- and Endocytic Trafficking

    • Martin Götte, Thomas Lazar, Jin-San Yoo, Dietrich Scheglmann, Dieter Gallwitz
    Pages 133-173

  6. Possible Roles of Long-chain Fatty Acyl-CoA Esters in the Fusion of Biomembranes

    • Nils Joakim Faxgeman, Tina Ballegaard, Jens Knudsen, Paul N. Black, Concetta DiRusso
    Pages 175-231

  7. Brefeldin A Revealing the Fundamental Principles Governing Membrane Dynamics and Protein Transport

    • Catherine L. Jackson
    Pages 233-272

  8. Membrane Fusion Events during Nuclear Envelope Assembly

    • Philippe Collas, Dominic Poccia
    Pages 273-302

  9. Transactions at the Peroxisomal Membrane

    • Ben Distel, Ineke Braakman, Ype Elgersma, Henk F. Tabak
    Pages 303-322

  10. Neurons, Chromaffin Cells and Membrane Fusion

    • Peter Partoens, Dirk Slembrouck, Hilde De Busser, Peter F. T. Vaughan, Guido A. F. Van Dessel, Werner P. De Potter et al.
    Pages 323-378

  11. Reversibility in Fusion Protein Conformational Changes The Intriguing Case of Rhabdovirus-Induced Membrane Fusion

    • Yves Gaudin
    Pages 379-408

  12. Specific Roles for Lipids in Virus Fusion and Exit Examples from the Alphaviruses

    • Margaret Kielian, Prodyot K. Chatterjee, Don L. Gibbons, Yanping E. Lu
    Pages 409-455

  13. Fusion Mediated by the HIV-1 Envelope Protein

    • Carrie M. McManus, Robert W. Doms
    Pages 457-481

  14. Sulfhydryl Involvement in Fusion Mechanisms

    • David Avram Sanders
    Pages 483-514

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 515-529
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About this book

Membrane fusion and targeting processes are tightly regulated and coordinated. Dozens of proteins, originating from both the cytoplasm and membranes are involved. The discovery of homologous proteins from yeast to neurons validates a unified view.
Although much is known about the interfering proteins, the events occurring when two lipid bilayers actually fuse are less clear. It should be remembered that lipid bilayers behave like soap-bubbles fusing when meeting each other. In this respect interfering proteins should be considered as preventing undesirable and unnecessary fusion and eventually directing the biological membrane fusion process (when, where, how, and overcoming the activation energy).
In this latest volume in the renowned Subcellular Biochemistry series, some aspects of fusion of biological membranes as well as related problems are presented. Although not complete, there is a lot of recent information including on virus-induced membrane fusion. The contributors of the chapters are all among the researchers who performed many of the pioneering studies in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Herwig Hilderson

  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

    Stephen Fuller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fusion of Biological Membranes and Related Problems

  • Book Subtitle: Subcellular Biochemistry

  • Editors: Herwig Hilderson, Stephen Fuller

  • Series Title: Subcellular Biochemistry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b114370

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46313-6Published: 30 April 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3333-1Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-46824-7Published: 19 November 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0306-0225

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8810

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 529

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Biochemistry, general, Neurosciences

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