NanoCellBiology of Secretion Imaging Its Cellular and Molecular Underpinnings /
Understanding live cells at the single molecule level is the most important and single major challenge facing biology and medicine today. Over the past 15 years, there has been a renewed understanding of living cells at the molecular level. Atomic Force Microscopy, Laser Force Microscopy, single sec...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
2012.
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Σειρά: | SpringerBriefs in Biological Imaging,
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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- Understanding live cells at the single molecule level is the most important and single major challenge facing biology and medicine today. Over the past 15 years, there has been a renewed understanding of living cells at the molecular level. Atomic Force Microscopy, Laser Force Microscopy, single secretory vesicle patch clamp studies, highresolution electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction, are some of the tools now being used to unravel the intricacies of a living cell at the molecular level. Opening with an explanation of Materials and Methods, NanoCellBiology then moves through discussions of porosome discovery, calcium and SNARE-induced fusion, and vesicle swelling before winding up in a final chapter of conclusions and future studies. Succinctly packaged as SpringerBrief, this book is a must for those studying or conducting research in cell biology, biochemistry or nanobiology/nanotechnology. This book will be invaluable to faculty & graduate students involved in Nano Courses; Cell Biology Courses; Biophysics Courses; and Biochemistry Courses as well as practicing Cell Biologists, Biochemists and BioPhysicists. Table of contetns: Introduction
- Materials & Methods
- Porosome Discovery
- Calcium & SNARE-Induced Membrane Fusion
- SNAREs need to reside in opposing membrane
- Membrane curvature dictates SNARE size
- Disassembly of membrane-associated SNARE complex
- CD spectroscopy confirm membrane requirement for t-/v-SNARE assembly
- SNAREs br ing opposing bilayers closer for calcium bridging
- Membrane lipids influence SNARE complex assembly-disassembly
- Vesicle swelling and content expulsion during cell secretion
- Secretory vesicle swelling is required for intravesicular content expulsion
- Molecular mechanism of secretory vesicle swelling
- Presence of beta receptors at the secretory vesicle membrane
- Conclusion and future studies.