Life — As a Matter of Fat The Emerging Science of Lipidomics /

• Main Author: Mouritsen, Ole G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Food > Biotechnology.; Polymers.; Biochemistry.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Biochemistry, general.; Polymer Sciences.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Food Science.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

LIFE - as a Matter of Fat Lipidomics is the science of the fats called lipids. Lipids are as important for life as proteins, sugars, and genes. The present book gives a multi-disciplinary perspective on the physics of life and the particular role played by lipids and the lipid-bilayer component of c...