Lipid Polymorphism and Membrane Properties (Current Topics in (Current Topics in Membranes)
Contributors: Richard Epand (Editor); Douglas M. Fambrough (Series Editor); Dale J. Benos (Series Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: September 10, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780121533441
Subjects: Cellular biology; Molecular Biology; Proteins; Membrane Physiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Biophysics; Life Sciences - Cytology; Science / Biophysics; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Membrane Lipids; Physiology
First sentence: Phases with cubic symmetry have been observed in lipid-water systems since the early days of lipid polymorphism, at a time when it seemed all too natural to presume without closer inspection that phases with such high symmetry should consist of spherical micelles of type I or II, orderly packed in a cubic lattice ( Luzzati et al., 1960; Luzzati and Reiss-Husson, 1966).