Title:	Membrane Biophysics
Authors:	Wang, Hongda Li, Guohui
Keywords:	Biophysics
Issue Date:	2018
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Description:	Cell membranes are frontiers between cells’ surroundings and their interiors. They not only serve a structural and containment role for the cell but they also regulate many essential cellular activities, such as material transport, signal transduction, cell–cell interaction, and enzymatic reactions. From the first lipid bilayer membrane tructure proposed in 1925, to the widely accepted fluid mosaic model put forward by Singer and Nicolson in 1972, our understanding of the structures and functions of cell membranes is continuing to improve as well. The membrane is a very complicated supramolecular liquid crystalline structure that is composed of phospholipids, proteins, and sugars. Each component has a variety of types and functions, for example, membrane proteins. About a third of all cellular proteins are membrane proteins which are involved in transport, catalysis, and recognition. Thus, when different components organize together in the relative ratio and composition, the structural complicacy and functional istinctiveness it brings to the cell membrane is conceivable. Moreover, the highly dynamic property of the membrane also makes it more difficult to study. Therefore, the exploration of the structure and function of cell membranes has never ceased over the years.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/75388
ISBN:	978-981-10-6823-2
Appears in Collections:	Chemistry

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