Biomembrane Frontiers Nanostructures, Models, and the Design of Life /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Faller, Roland (Editor), Longo, Marjorie L. (Editor), Risbud, Subhash H. (Editor), Jue, Thomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Edition: 1st.
• Series: Handbook of Modern Biophysics
• Subjects: Physics.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.

HANDBOOK OF MODERN BIOPHYSICS Series Editor Thomas Jue, PhD Handbook of Modern Biophysics brings current biophysics topics into focus, so that biology, medical, engineering, mathematics, and physical-science students or researchers can learn fundamental concepts and the application of new techniques...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular Theory Applied to Lipid Bilayers and Lipid–Protein Interactions
• Membrane Elasticity and Mediated Interactions in Continuum Theory: A Differential Geometric Approach
• Structure and Dynamics of Lipid Monolayers: Theory and Applications
• Multiscale Modeling of Supported Lipid Bilayers
• Collective Dynamics in Lipid Membranes: From Pore Formation to Flip-Flops
• Spatiotemporal Organization of Spin-Coated Supported Model Membranes
• Nanopore Analysis of Nucleic Acids: Single-Molecule Studies of Molecular Dynamics, Structure, and Base Sequence
• Complex Applications of Simple FRAP on Membranes
• Punching Holes in Membranes: How Oligomeric Pore-Forming Proteins and Lipids Cooperate to Form Aqueous Channels in Membranes
• Morphogens, Membranes and Mechanotransduction in Articular Cartilage
• Lifecycle of a Lipoprotein from a Biophysical Perspective
• Targeting Apolipoproteins in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.