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Introduction to biological membranes; methodologies |
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 metabolism 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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Membrane structures and dynamics; lipid rafts; model membranes |
General description of cellular signaling mechanisms with an emphasis on the role of proteins as binary signaling switches |
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Membrane proteins: structure and function |
Description of cell signaling by lipids, including phosphoinositides |
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Membrane proteins: targeting and regulation |
Description of lipid signaling enzymes, including phospholipases, lipid kinases, lipid phosphatases |
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Membrane-binding proteins and lipid-binding domains |
Description of cell signaling by phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate and eicosanoids |
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Lipid modification of proteins |
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Lipid signaling: phosphoinositide signaling |
General description of membrane proteins, including integral and peripheral membrane proteins and the mechanisms by which cellular proteins are recruited to the membranes |
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Lipid signaling: other lipid signaling and cell-cell communication |
Description of the regulation of membrane interaction of proteins by various lipidation |
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Membrane trafficking 1: endocytosis and membrane fission |
Description of the formation of membrane domains, including lipid rafts, and its potential roles in cell regulation |
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Membrane trafficking 2: exocytosis and membrane fusion |
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Membrane remodeling and cytoskeletons |
Membrane remodeling and cytoskeletons |
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Lipids in health and disease; membrane biotechnology |
Membrane remodeling and cytoskeletons |
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Lipids in health and disease; membrane biotechnology |
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