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Current topics in membranes. Volume seventy two, Functional organization of vertebrate plasma membrane
Title:
Current topics in membranes. Volume seventy two, Functional organization of vertebrate plasma membrane
ISBN:
9780124171169
Publication Information New:
Waltham, MA : Academic Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 357 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Series:
Current topics in membranes ; volume seventy two

Current topics in membranes ; v. 72.
General Note:
"ISSN: 1063-5823."
Contents:
Spectrin- and ankyrin-based membrane domains and the evolution of vertebrates / Vann Bennett and Damaris N. Lorenzo -- The human erythrocyte plasma membrane: a Rosetta Stone for decoding membrane-cytoskeleton structure / Velia M. Fowler -- Membrane protein dynamics and functional implications in mammalian cells / Francis J. Alenghat and David E. Golan -- Evolving form to fit function: cardiomyocyte intercalated disc and transverse-tubule membranes / Crystal F. Kline and Peter J. Mohler -- Excitable domains of myelinated nerves: axon initial segments and nodes of Ranvier / Kae-Jiun Chang and Matthew N. Rasband -- Microdomains of SNARE proteins in the plasma membrane / Geert van den Bogaart, Thorsten Lang and Reinhard Jahn -- Photoreceptor inner and outer segments / Sheila A. Baker and Vasily Kerov -- The evolutionary origin of epithelial cell-cell adhesion mechanisms / Phillip W. Miller, Donald N. Clarke, William I. Weis, Christopher J. Lowe and W. James Nelson -- Cell biology meets physiology: functional organization of vertebrate plasma membranes: the immunological synapse / Silvia Curado, Sudha Kumari and Michael L. Dustin.
Abstract:
This volume covers recent breakthroughs in understanding the molecular and cellular basis for patterning vertebrate plasma membranes. A special emphasis is placed on physiological function with chapters covering signaling in the nervous system and heart, vision, and the immune system.
Local Note:
Elsevier
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Language:
English