Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes (eBook)

Ales Iglic (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
240 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-12-388405-3 (ISBN)

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Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes volumes cover a broad range of topics, including main arrangements of the reconstituted system, namely planar lipid bilayers as well as spherical liposomes. The invited authors present the latest results of their own research groups in this exciting multidisciplinary field.

• Incorporates contributions from newcomers and established and experienced researchers
• Explores the planar lipid bilayer systems and spherical liposomes from both theoretical and experimental perspectives
• Serves as an indispensable source of information for new scientists

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes 4
Copyright 5
Contents 6
Preface 10
Contributors 12
Chapter 1: Lipid and Membrane Dynamics in Biological Tissues-Infrared Spectroscopic Studies 14
1. Introduction 15
2. Historical View of Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies on Lipids and Membrane Dynamics in Biological Tissues 17
3. Membrane Lipids and Fatty Acids in Human Tissues 21
4. Skin and Hair Lipids and Membranes 25
5. Future Perspectives and Conclusion 39
Acknowledgments 41
References 41
Chapter 2: Mechanical Properties of Bilayer Lipid Membranes and Protein-Lipid Interactions 46
1. Introduction 47
2. Mechanical Properties of BLMs and Their Anisotropy 52
3. The Mechanical Properties of Lipid Bilayers with Incorporated Proteins 59
Acknowledgments 79
References 79
Chapter 3: Cytoskeletal Reorganization of Red Blood Cell Shape: Curling of Free Edges and Malaria Merozoites 86
1. Curling of Red Blood Cell Shape 87
2. Cytoskeleton-Induced Membrane Curvature 88
3. The Model for Curling of RBCs 91
4. Numerical Simulations 94
5. Malaria Merozoites and Ca2+ Dynamics 99
6. The Model for RBC and Malaria Merozoite Interaction Prior to Invasion 100
7. Modeling the Egress of Malaria Merozoites 102
8. Conclusions 102
Appendix Curling Ghosts 106
References 113
Chapter 4: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion in Biomembranes... 116
1. Introduction 117
2. Engineering Principles 120
3. A Simple Pigment-Containing Model BLM System 126
4. Bacteriorhodopsin: A Natural Light-Driven Proton Pump 138
5. Oriented Dipole Mechanism Versus ICT Mechanism 141
6. DC Photoelectric Effect 150
7. Applications of DC Photoelectric Effect in Artificial Solar Energy Conversion 170
8. Concluding Summary 173
Acknowledgments 176
References 177
Chapter 5: A Multiparametric Fluorescence Approach for Biomembrane Studies 182
1. Introduction 183
2. Visualization of Lipid Domains in Model Membranes 187
3. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging is Sensitive to Lipid Phase and Intermolecular Interactions 189
4. Order and Fluidity of Lipid Bilayers as Measured Using Fluorescence Polarization Imaging 194
5. Translation Diffusion Kinetics of Lipid and Cholesterol Analogs are Sensitive to Phase Domains in Lipid Bilayers... 198
6. Conclusion and Outlook 202
Acknowledgments 204
References 205
Chapter 6: Electromechanical Basis for the Interaction Between Osteoblasts and Negatively Charged Titanium Surface 212
1. Role of Positively Charged Macroions in the Interaction Between an Implant Surface and Osteoblastic Cells 213
2. On the Origin of the Initial Attraction Between can Osteoblast and a Ti Implant Surface 214
3. Functional Effects of a Ti Implant Surface Topography on the Osteointegration 219
4. Conclusions 230
References 232
Subject Index 236

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 0-12-388405-5 / 0123884055
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-388405-3 / 9780123884053