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Biochemistry of lipids, lipoproteins and membranes /

Biochemistry of Lipids: Lipoproteins and Membranes, Volume Six, contains concise chapters that cover a wide spectrum of topics in the field of lipid biochemistry and cell biology. It provides an important bridge between broad-based biochemistry textbooks and more technical research publications, off...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ridgway, Neale (Editor ), McLeod, Roger (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2016.
Edición:Sixth edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Biochemistry of Lipids, Lipoproteins and Membranes; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1
  • Functional Roles of Lipids in Membranes; 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 2. DIVERSITY IN LIPID STRUCTURE; 3. PROPERTIES OF LIPIDS IN SOLUTION; 4. ENGINEERING OF MEMBRANE LIPID COMPOSITION; 5. ROLE OF LIPIDS IN CELL FUNCTION; 6. SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2
  • Approaches to Lipid Analysis; 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 2. LIPID DIVERSITY; 3. CHROMATOGRAPHIC-BASED ANALYSIS OF LIPIDS; 4. BASIC CONCEPTS OF ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY; 5. LIPID MASS SPECTROMETRY.
  • 6. FUTURE DIRECTIONSREFERENCES; Chapter 3
  • Fatty Acid and Phospholipid Biosynthesis in Prokaryotes; 1. OVERVIEW OF BACTERIAL LIPID METABOLISM; 2. MEMBRANE SYSTEMS OF BACTERIA; 3. THE INITIATION MODULE; 4. THE ELONGATION MODULE; 5. THE ACYLTRANSFER MODULE; 6. THE PHOSPHOLIPID MODULE; 7. GENETIC REGULATION OF LIPID METABOLISM; 8. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4
  • Lipid Metabolism in Plants; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PLANT LIPID GEOGRAPHY; 3. ACYL-ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN PLANTS; 4. ACETYL-COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE AND CONTROL OF FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS.
  • 5. PHOSPHATIDIC ACID SYNTHESIS OCCURS VIA PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC ACYLTRANSFERASES6. MEMBRANE GLYCEROLIPID SYNTHESIS; 7. LIPID STORAGE IN PLANTS; 8. PROTECTIVE LIPIDS: CUTIN, WAXES, SUBERIN AND SPOROPOLLENIN; 9. SPHINGOLIPID BIOSYNTHESIS; 10. OXYLIPINS AS PLANT HORMONES; 11. STEROL AND ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; 12. FUTURE PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5
  • Fatty Acid Handling in Mammalian Cells; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; 3. FATTY ACID UPTAKE, ACTIVATION AND TRAFFICKING; 4. FATTY ACID STORAGE AS TRIACYLGLYCEROL IN LIPID DROPLETS.
  • 5. FATTY ACID USE FOR ENERGY6. FATTY ACIDS AND SIGNALLING; 7. FATTY ACIDS AND DISEASE PATHOGENESIS; 8. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6
  • Fatty Acid Desaturation and Elongation in Mammals; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ELONGATION REACTIONS OF LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; 3. DESATURATION OF LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACID IN MAMMALS; 4. TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF DESATURASES AND ELONGASES; 5. SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7
  • Phospholipid Synthesis in Mammalian Cells; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BIOSYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHATIDIC ACID AND DIACYLGLYCEROL.
  • 3. PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE BIOSYNTHESIS AND REGULATION4. PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BIOSYNTHESIS AND REGULATION; 5. PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE BIOSYNTHESIS AND REGULATION; 6. PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL AND POLYPHOSPHORYLATED PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; 7. BIOSYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL AND CARDIOLIPIN; 8. FATTY ACID REMODELLING OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS; 9. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8
  • Phospholipid Catabolism; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE PHOSPHOLIPASE A FAMILY; 3. PHOSPHOLIPASE C; 4. PHOSPHOLIPASE D; 5. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 9
  • The Eicosanoids: Cyclooxygenase, Lipoxygenase and Epoxygenase Pathways.