Cell Membranes: Protein Components and Functions
Part 7. Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials
Dr. William C. Wimley,
Dr. William C. Wimley
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Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Department of Biochemistry SL43, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA, 70112
Search for more papers by this authorDr. William C. Wimley,
Dr. William C. Wimley
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Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Department of Biochemistry SL43, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA, 70112
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 January 2005
Abstract
- Introduction
- Historical Outline
- The Fluid Mosaic Model of Biological Membranes
- Chemical Structures
- The Lipid Bilayer Milieu
- Physical Properties of Lipid Bilayer Membranes
- Polypeptides in Membranes
- Physical Forces Acting on Membrane Proteins
- α-Helical Membrane Proteins
- β-Barrel Membrane Proteins
- Monotopic Membrane Proteins
- Lipid-Linked Membrane Proteins
- Composition and Organization of Biological Membranes
- Genomics and Proteomics
- Biological Functions
- Information Transfer
- Material Transfer
- Transport Down Concentration Gradients
- Transport Against Concentration Gradients
- Electron Transport Chains
- Membrane Protein Enzymes
- Membrane Anchors
- Outlook and Perspectives
- Patents
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