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| Title: | Glycolipids
: New Research |
| Author: | Daiki Sasaki (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1604562161 : 9781604562163 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 199 |
| Weight: | .608 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - May 2008 |
| List Price: | 59.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | BIOLOGY; LIFE SCIENCES |
Glycolipids are carbohydrate-attached lipids. Their role is to provide energy and also serve as markers for cellular recognition. They occur where a carbohydrate chain is associated with phospholipids on the exoplasmic surface of the cell membrane. The carbohydrates are found on the outer surface of all eukaryotic cell membranes. They extend from the phospholipid bilayer into the aqueous environment outside the cell where it acts as a recognition site for specific chemicals as well as helping to maintain the stability of the membrane and attaching cells to one another to form tissues. This new book focuses on recent research results from around the world.
Preface; The Biochemical Diagnosis of Gaucher Disease; Modulation of fatty acid molecular species in sulfatide and its precursor, galactosylceramide in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells under osmotic stresses; Gangliosides role in cellular interactions with microbes and immune cells activation; The Importance of Gangliosides in Mast Cell Biology; Glycolipids: Biomarkers for Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells; Mycobacterial glycolipids and host responses; Antiglycolipid antibodies in Autoimmune Neuropathies; New Aspects of Research; Domain coexistence in multi-component model membranes or how to reach biology from physics; Synthetic Ceramide Analogues for Anticancer Agents; Pivotal Roles of Cholesterol and Gangliosides in Aggregation of Amyloid alpha-protein; Structures and Fungicidal Activities of Cellobiose Lipids; Index.
