Membrane Fluidity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Physical Studies of Membrane Fluidity and Related Phenomena

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding between Membrane Lipids

      • Joan M. Boggs

      Pages 3-53

   3. Thermal Analysis of Membranes

      • K. M. W. Keough, P. J. Davis

      Pages 55-97

   4. Fluorescence Polarization Studies of Membrane Fluidity: Where Do We Go from Here?

      • Larry A. Sklar

      Pages 99-131

   5. Conformational and Motional Properties of Lipids in Biological Membranes as Determined by Deuterium Magnetic Resonance

      • Ian C. P. Smith

      Pages 133-168

   6. Fluidity of Cell Membranes in the Presence of Some Drugs and Inhibitors

      • Guido Zimmer

      Pages 169-203

   7. Lipid Bilayer Stability in Biological Membranes

      • Leif Rilfors, Göran Lindblom, Åke Wieslander, Anders Christiansson

      Pages 205-245

3. Regulation of Membrane Fluidity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247

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   2. The Relationship between Membrane Lipid Fluidity and Phase State and the Ability of Bacteria and Mycoplasmas to Grow and Survive at Various Temperatures

      • Ronald N. McElhaney

      Pages 249-278

   3. Thermal Control of Fatty Acid Synthetases in Bacteria

      • Akihiko Kawaguchi, Yousuke Seyama

      Pages 279-301

   4. Regulation and Pathways of Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis in Bacilli

      • Armand J. Fulco

      Pages 303-327

   5. The Regulation of Membrane Fluidity in Bacteria by Acyl Chain Length Changes

      • Nicholas J. Russell

      Pages 329-347

   6. The Control of Membrane Fluidity in Plasmalogen-Containing Anaerobic Bacteria

      • Howard Goldfine

      Pages 349-377

   7. Regulation of Membrane Fluidity by Lipid Desaturases

      • M. Kates, E. L. Pugh, G. Ferrante

      Pages 379-395

   8. The Regulation of Membrane Fluidity in Tetrahymena

      • Guy A. Thompson Jr., Yoshinori Nozawa

      Pages 397-432

   9. Control of Membrane Fluidity in Fusarium

      • R. W. Miller, L. R. Barran

      Pages 433-450

   10. Regulation of Hepatic Phospholipid N-Methylation

       • Björn Åkesson

       Pages 451-471

4. Correlation of Membrane Fluidity and Physiological Activity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 473-473

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   2. Fluidity of Membrane Lipids

      • William E. M. Lands, Frank S. Davis

      Pages 475-516

The aim of this book is to bring together in one volume the current research and thought on the concept of membrane fluidity as a biological phenomenon. The invited articles are intended to review recent develop­ ments in the areas of membrane research covered and to summarize the current concepts and theories in those areas. The authors have been given ample opportunity to present their thoughts and speculation on membrane fluidity and related phenomena in a more expanded form than is usually possible in reviews of this type. It is hoped that this approach will have a stimulating effect on research and theoretical development in the biomem­ brane field. The chapters in this book are arranged in three sections, the first of which covers physical studies of membrane fluidity and related phenomena on the molecular level. Included are chapters on intermolecular hydrogen bonding between membrane lipids, thermal analysis of membranes, appli­ cation of fluorescence and NMR spectrometry to the study of membrane fluidity, and the effect of drugs and other compounds on membrane stability and fluidity. The second section deals with the regulation of membrane fluidity in microorganisms, plants, and higher organisms by factors such as tem­ perature, fatty acid chain length, lipid desaturation, and polar head group structure.

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