Membrane Fusion

Volume 68
Herausgegeben:Chernomordik, Leonid V.; Kozlov, Michael M.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume of Current Topics in Membranes focuses on Membrane Fusion, beginning with fusion and fission of lipid bilayers, with reviews focused on hemifusion and dynamic remodeling of membranes catalyzed by dynamin. Other topics discussed include viral fusion, intracellular fusion, developmental cell fusion, and theoretical modeling.

Produktdetails

• Current Topics in Membranes Volume 68
• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2010-0-66741-1
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9780123858917
• ISBN-10: 0123858917
• Artikelnr.: 33865812

Inhaltsangabe

Fusion and fission of lipid bilayers

1. The Pathway to Membrane Fusion through Hemifusion


Jörg Nikolaus, Jason M. Warner, Ben O'Shaughnessy and Andreas Herrmann


2. Dynamic Remodeling of Membranes Catalyzed by Dynamin


Thomas J. Pucadyil

Viral fusion


3. Structure and working of viral fusion machineries


Aurélie Albertini, Stéphane Bressanelli, Jean Lepault and Yves Gaudin


4. Membrane fusion mediated by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope glycoprotein


Melikyan G.B


5. The Reovirus Fusion-Associated Small Transmembrane (FAST) Proteins: Virus-Encoded Cellular Fusogens


Julie Boutilier and Roy Duncan

Intracellular fusion


6. C2 domains and membrane fusion


Sascha Martens and Harvey T. McMahon


7. Chasing the trails of SNAREs and lipids along the membrane fusion pathway


Tae-Young Yoon, Dae-Hyuk Kweon and Yeon-Kyun Shin


8. Inferring Structures of Kinetic Intermediates in Ca²⁺-Triggered Exocytosis


Meyer B. Jackson

Developmental cell fusion


9. Eukaryotic Cell-Cell Fusion Families


Ori Avinoam and Benjamin Podbilewicz


10. Invasive Podosomes and Myoblast Fusion


Elizabeth Chen

Theoretical modeling


11. Lipid Acrobatics in the Membrane Fusion Arena


Albert J. Markvoort and Siewert J. Marrink


12. An Alternate Path for Fusion and its Exploration by Field-Theoretic Means

Marcus Muller and M. Schick