Transmembrane Dynamics of Lipids is comprised of contributions from
expert authors from leading research groups that present up-to-date
quantitative data on the formation, stability, and biological
consequences of the asymmetrical organization of lipids in cell membranes.
Incorporating an impressive amount of new, previously uncollected
data, the book examines transmembrane asymmetry and movement of lipids
in biological membranes, and methods for the measurement of
transmembrane lipid motion, emphasizing the role of lipid flippases
and discusses biological functions associated with lipid asymmetry. In
addition, it draws attention to important new discoveries in the
field, such as the correlation between malfunction of lipid flippases
and human diseases such as thrombosis and cancer. The book also
addresses the manifold methods that are used to measure the rate of
transmembrane movement of lipids in biological and model systems.
The only guide to new discoveries regarding lipids in cell membranes,
Transmembrane Dynamics of Lipids is designed to appeal to
biophysicists, biochemists, and cellular and molecular biologists
working in the growing field of membrane research.
Philippe F. Devaux, PhD, is Professor of Physics at the Paris 7
University. He has long-standing expertise in teaching molecular and
cellular biophysics and physics applied to biology and medicine. He is
the author of almost two hundred scientific papers and three books,
and is an Editor of the European Biophysics Journal.
Andreas Herrmann, PhD, is Professor of Molecular Biophysics at
Humboldt-University of Berlin. He teaches courses on the subjects of
molecular; cell; and membrane biophysics, optical spectroscopy, and
fluorescence microscopy. He is the author of more than two hundred
scientific papers focusing on lipid dynamics in biological membranes
and molecular mechanisms of virus infection.
