| Title | Life - as a matter of fat : the emerging science of lipidomics |
| Author(s) | Ole G. Mouritsen |
| Publication | Berlin, Springer, 2005. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 276 p.) : ill |
| Abstract Note | This book presents a multi-disciplinary perspective on the physics of life and the particular role played by lipids and the lipid-bilayer component of cell membranes. The emphasis is on the physical properties of lipid membranes seen as soft and molecularly structured interfaces |
| Contents Note | Prologue: Lipidomics -- A Science Beyond Stamp Collection; Life from Molecules; Head and Tail; Oil and Water; Lipids Speak the Language of Curvature; A Matter of Softness; Soft Shells Shape Up; Biological Membranes -- Models and Fashion; Lipids in Bilayers -- A Stressful Life; The More We Are Together; Lipids in Flatland; Social Lipids; Lively Lipids Provide for Function; Proteins at Lipid Mattresses; Cholesterol on the Scene; Lipids in Charge; Being Smart -- A Fishy Matter of Fat; Liquor and Drugs -- As a Matter of Fat; Lipid Eaters; Powerful and Strange Lipids at Work; Survival by Lipids |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-253) and index |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Fatty acids
4. Lipid membranes
5. Lipides
6. Lipids
7. MEDICAL
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| Item Type | eBook |