Dynamic Plasma Membranes: Portals Between Cells and Physiology

This volume focuses on the recent advances in understanding plasma membrane organization and function beginning with simple systems and extending to specialized membrane domains of vertebrate cells.

Written by leading experts in the fieldContains original material, both textual and illustrative, that should become a very relevant reference materialPresents material in a very comprehensive mannerIdeal for both researchers in the field and general readers who will find relevant and up-to-date information

1. A Molecular Look at Membranes Max Berkowitz 2. Where Biology Meets Physics – A Converging View on Membrane Microdomain Dynamics Nicolas Destainville, Thomas H. Schmidt and Thorsten Lang 3. Plasma Membrane Repair in Health and Disease Alexis R. Demonbreun and Elizabeth M. McNally 4. Local Palmitoylation Cycles and Specialized Membrane Domain Organization Yuko Fukata, Tatsuro Murakami, Norihiko Yokoi and Masaki Fukata 5. An Adaptable Spectin/Ankyrin-Based Mechanism for Long-Range Organization of Plasma Membranes in Vertebrate Tissues Vann Bennett and Damaris N. Lorenzo 6. The Axon Initial Segment, Fifty Years Later: A Nexus for Neuronal Organization and Function Christophe Leterrier