Membrane Biophysics New Insights and Methods
This book highlights recent advances in and diverse techniques for exploring the plasma membrane’s structure and function. It starts with two chapters reviewing the history of membrane research and listing recent advances regarding membrane structure, suc
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mbrane Biophysics New Insights and Methods
Membrane Biophysics
Hongda Wang Guohui Li •
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Membrane Biophysics New Insights and Methods
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Editors Hongda Wang Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun China
Guohui Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian, Liaoning China
ISBN 978-981-10-6822-5 ISBN 978-981-10-6823-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6823-2
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Preface
Cell membranes are frontiers between cells’ surroundings and their interiors. They not only serve a structural and containment role for the cell but they also regulate many essential cellular activities, such as material transport, signal transduction, cell–cell interaction, and enzymatic reactions. From the first lipid bilayer membrane structure proposed in 1925, to the widely accepted fluid mosaic model put forward by Singer and Nicolson in 1972, our understanding of the structures and functions of cell membranes is continuing to improve as well. The membrane is a very complicated supramolecular liquid crystalline structure that is composed of phospholipids, proteins, and sugars. Each component has a variety of types and functions, for example, membrane proteins. About a third of all cellular proteins are membrane proteins which are involved in transport, catalysis, and recognition. Thus, when different components organize together in the relative ratio and composition, the structural complicacy and functional distinctiveness it bri
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