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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Jena, Bhanu P. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
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.