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Membrane Fluidity

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Morris Kates

    1. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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  2. Lionel A. Manson

    1. The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Biomembranes (B, volume 12)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Physical Studies of Membrane Fluidity and Related Phenomena

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding between Membrane Lipids

      • Joan M. Boggs
      Pages 3-53

    3. Thermal Analysis of Membranes

      • K. M. W. Keough, P. J. Davis
      Pages 55-97

    4. Fluorescence Polarization Studies of Membrane Fluidity: Where Do We Go from Here?

      • Larry A. Sklar
      Pages 99-131

    5. Conformational and Motional Properties of Lipids in Biological Membranes as Determined by Deuterium Magnetic Resonance

      • Ian C. P. Smith
      Pages 133-168

    6. Fluidity of Cell Membranes in the Presence of Some Drugs and Inhibitors

      • Guido Zimmer
      Pages 169-203

    7. Lipid Bilayer Stability in Biological Membranes

      • Leif Rilfors, Göran Lindblom, Ã…ke Wieslander, Anders Christiansson
      Pages 205-245

  3. Regulation of Membrane Fluidity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. The Relationship between Membrane Lipid Fluidity and Phase State and the Ability of Bacteria and Mycoplasmas to Grow and Survive at Various Temperatures

      • Ronald N. McElhaney
      Pages 249-278

    3. Thermal Control of Fatty Acid Synthetases in Bacteria

      • Akihiko Kawaguchi, Yousuke Seyama
      Pages 279-301

    4. Regulation and Pathways of Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis in Bacilli

      • Armand J. Fulco
      Pages 303-327

    5. The Regulation of Membrane Fluidity in Bacteria by Acyl Chain Length Changes

      • Nicholas J. Russell
      Pages 329-347

    6. The Control of Membrane Fluidity in Plasmalogen-Containing Anaerobic Bacteria

      • Howard Goldfine
      Pages 349-377

    7. Regulation of Membrane Fluidity by Lipid Desaturases

      • M. Kates, E. L. Pugh, G. Ferrante
      Pages 379-395

    8. The Regulation of Membrane Fluidity in Tetrahymena

      • Guy A. Thompson Jr., Yoshinori Nozawa
      Pages 397-432

    9. Control of Membrane Fluidity in Fusarium

      • R. W. Miller, L. R. Barran
      Pages 433-450

    10. Regulation of Hepatic Phospholipid N-Methylation

      • Björn Ã…kesson
      Pages 451-471

  4. Correlation of Membrane Fluidity and Physiological Activity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 473-473
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    2. Fluidity of Membrane Lipids

      • William E. M. Lands, Frank S. Davis
      Pages 475-516
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About this book

The aim of this book is to bring together in one volume the current research and thought on the concept of membrane fluidity as a biological phenomenon. The invited articles are intended to review recent develop­ ments in the areas of membrane research covered and to summarize the current concepts and theories in those areas. The authors have been given ample opportunity to present their thoughts and speculation on membrane fluidity and related phenomena in a more expanded form than is usually possible in reviews of this type. It is hoped that this approach will have a stimulating effect on research and theoretical development in the biomem­ brane field. The chapters in this book are arranged in three sections, the first of which covers physical studies of membrane fluidity and related phenomena on the molecular level. Included are chapters on intermolecular hydrogen bonding between membrane lipids, thermal analysis of membranes, appli­ cation of fluorescence and NMR spectrometry to the study of membrane fluidity, and the effect of drugs and other compounds on membrane stability and fluidity. The second section deals with the regulation of membrane fluidity in microorganisms, plants, and higher organisms by factors such as tem­ perature, fatty acid chain length, lipid desaturation, and polar head group structure.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Morris Kates

  • The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, USA

    Lionel A. Manson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Membrane Fluidity

  • Editors: Morris Kates, Lionel A. Manson

  • Series Title: Biomembranes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4667-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4669-2Published: 29 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4667-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 694

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general

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