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Introduction to biological membranes | General description of cell membrane models and their components, lipids and proteins | ![]() |
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The structures and properties of membrane lipids | Description of structures of major mammalian lipids and their physical and chemical properties | ![]() |
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Lipid biosynthesis and transport | Description of the biosynthesis of major membrane lipids, different mechanisms of their transport to target membranes, and different lipid compositions of various organelle membranes. | ![]() |
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Cell signaling | General description of cellular signaling mechanisms with an emphasis on the role of proteins as binary signaling switches | ![]() |
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Lipid signaling1 | Description of cell signaling by lipids, including phosphoinositides | ![]() |
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Lipid signaling2 | Description of lipid signaling enzymes, including phospholipases, lipid kinases, lipid phosphatases | ![]() |
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Lipid signaling3 | Description of cell signaling by phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate and eicosanoids | ![]() |
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Membrane-binding proteins and membrane-protein interactions | General description of membrane proteins, including integral and peripheral membrane proteins and the mechanisms by which cellular proteins are recruited to the membranes | ![]() |
9. | Lipid modification of proteins | Description of the regulation of membrane interaction of proteins by various lipidation | ||
10. | Membrane compartmentalization | Description of the formation of membrane domains, including lipid rafts, and its potential roles in cell regulation |