The Membranes of Cells [Hardcover]

The Membranes of Cells, Third Edition, provides a basic guide to biomembranes, connecting researchers to the numerous fields of biology. The new edition offers a complete update of content based on new understandings in the field. Foundational content for graduate students, researchers, professors, and undergraduate students across the sciences is provided, succinctly covering all of the basic information needed for lipids and membranes.

• Connects membrane research to numerous fields of biology
• Provides a basic guide to the interdisciplinary studies of membranes
• Offers a companion website with recommended readings and dynamic visual representations of the content
• Includes four color illustrations to offer the best visual representation of concepts

1. Introduction 2. Fundamentals of biological membrane structure and function 3. The lipids of cell membranes (phospholipids, sphingolipids, etc.) 4. Lipids in cell membranes (conformation, dynamics, biological roles, etc.) 5. Membrane-active peptides 6. Membrane proteins 7. Lipid-protein interactions 8. Membrane dynamics 9. Membrane fusion 10. Membrane transport 11. Plasma membrane receptors and signal transduction 12. Membrane biogenesis

As a basic guide to biomembranes that connects researchers to the numerous fields of biology, this new edition offers a complete update of content based on new understandings in the field

Professor Philip Yeagle is Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut. He has previously held the positions of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and then Interim Chancellor at Rutgers University, Head of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut, professor at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and several visiting professorshipsl#)