Membrane organization and lipid rafts in the cell and artificial membranes

• Other Authors: Catalá, Angel (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Hauppauge, New York Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2016
• Series: Cell biology research progress
• Subjects: Cell Membrane; Membrane Proteins; Membrane Lipids
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 This book presents an overview of membrane organisation and lipid rafts in the cell and artificial membranes. The topics analysed in this book cover a broad spectrum of functions played by lipid rafts in membrane organisation within the cell and artificial membranes, and presents new information in this area of research. The topics analysed include: fluid-mosaic cell membrane structure from cellular control and domains to extracellular vesicles; lipid rafts in binary lipid/cholesterol membranes; membrane assembly and lipid rafts in the cell and artificial membranes; the effect of lipid peroxidation; drugs, delivery systems and membrane organisation in model and cell membranes; role of sphingomyelin on membrane domain formation and its influence in protein interaction focusing on the nanometer scale; lipid rafts and cell adhesion; mutual modulators of cell signaling; and finally, roles of glycosphingolipids in the regulation of the membrane organisation and cell signaling in lipid rafts