Biological Membranes: Structure, Biogenesis and Dynamics

Role of phospholipids in cell function.- Assembly of sphingolipids into membranes of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Localization of phospholipids in plasma membranes of mammalian cells.- Some aspects of intracellular lipid traffic.- Intracellular localization and mechanisms of regulation of phosphatidylinositol transfer protein in Swiss mouse 3T3 cells.- Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein function in yeast.- Conversion of the amphiphilic 115 kDa form of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D to an active, hydrophilic 47 kDa form.- Magnetic resonance studies of protein-lipid interactions.- Lipid-protein interactions with the hydrophobic SP-B and SP-C lung surfactant proteins in dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers.- Protein-membrane interactions in the complex biological milieu.- Protein sorting and glycolipid-enriched detergent-insoluble complexes in epithelial cells.- Structural and functional consequences of acylation of a transmembrane peptide.- Non-crystallographic methods to study membrane proteins.- Preferred local conformations of peptides comprising the entire sequence of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) and their roles in protein folding.- Co-translational modification, stability and turnover of eukaryotic proteins.- Structure and mechanism of porins.- The pore-forming toxin aerolysin: from the soluble to a transmembrane form.- Signal sequences: roles and interactions by biophysical methods.- Assembly of integral membrane proteins.- How do proteins cross a membrane?.- Protease secretion by Erwinia chrysanthemi and Serratia marcescens.- ScFv antibody fragments produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae accumulate in the endoplasmic reticulum and the vacuole.- Preprotein binding by ATP-binding site mutants of the Bacillus subtilissecA.- Internal disulfides in the diphteria toxin A-fragment block its translocation to the cytosol.- Molecular characterization, assembly and membrane association of the GroEL-type chaperonins in Synechocystis PCC 6803.- Identification and characterization of novel ATP-binding cassette proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Molecular interactions involved in the passage of the cytotoxic protein a-sarcin across membranes.- Oligosaccharyl transferase and protein disulfide isomerase: two key enzymes in the endoplasmic reticulum.- Division of the Golgi apparatus during mitosis in animal cells.- Organelle inheritance in budding yeast.- Fusion activity of influenza virus towards target membranes: pH requirements and effect of dehydrating agents.- Structure and regulation of a gene cluster involved in capsule formation of Yersinia pestis.- The toxin of the marine alga Prymnesium patelliferum increases cytosolic Ca2+ in synaptosomes and voltage sensitive Ca2+-currents in cultured pituitary cells.- Semliki Forest virus induced cell-cell fusion and pore formation.