Membrane Organization and Dynamics (eBook)

Table of Contents1 Biomembrane Organization and Dynamics: What is So Unique ?Amitabha Chattopadhyay  Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India E-mail: amit@ccmb.res.in  2 G-protein Coupled Receptors Signaling:  Membrane Diffusion and Organization matterLaurence Salomé   Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, CNRS, France E-mail: laurence.salome@ipbs.fr3 Nanoparticle Probes of Single Molecule Rotation (or Motion) on Cell SurfacesGeorge Barisas  Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A. E-mail:george.barisas@colostate.edu 4 Organization of Membrane Proteins and Peptides using Multidimensional MicroscopyAndrew Clayton Swinburne University of Technology Centre for Micro-Photonics Victoria, Australia E-mail: aclayton@swin.edu.au5 Probing Membrane Domain Heterogeneity with k-space Image Correlation SpectroscopyPaul Wiseman Department of Chemistry McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada E-mail: paul.wiseman@mcgill.ca6 Role of Membrane Domains for GPCR FunctionsEvgeni Ponimaskin Cellular Neurophysiology Hannover Medical School Hannover, Germany E-mail: Ponimaskin.Evgeni@mh-hannover.de7 Investigating the Dynamics and Organization of Membrane Proteins and Lipids using Imaging  Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (Imaging FCS)Thorsten Wohland  NUS Centre for Bio-Imaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore E-mail: twohland@nus.edu.sg8 Combining MD Simulation and NMR Spectroscopy to Investigate the Structure and Dynamics of Membrane Constituents and Membrane Associated Proteins9 Quantifying Membrane Protein Oligomerization by Single Molecule MethodsGerhard J. Schuetz Institute of Applied Physics Vienna University of Technology Wien, Austria E-mail: schuetz@iap.tuwien.ac.at10 Interaction of Amphiphilic Molecules with Lipid Bilayers: Kinetics of Insertion, Desorption and TranslocationLuís M. S. Loura  Centro de Química de Coimbra  University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal E-mail: lloura@ff.uc.pt 11 Organization and Dynamics of Archaeal Tetraether Lipid MembranesParkson Lee-Gau Chong  Department of Medical Genetics & Molecular Biochemistry  Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. E-mail: pchong02@temple.edu12 Dynamics of Ion Channels in MembranesM. K. Mathew  Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR Bangalore, India E-mail: mathew@ncbs.res.in13 Nanoscale Dynamics of Neurotransmitter Receptors and Lipid PlatformsFrancisco J. Barrantes  Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology Institute of Biomedical Research (BIOMED)  Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina  Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Argentina E-mail: rtfjb1@yahoo.com ; rtfjb1@criba.edu.ar14 Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Membrane Cholesterol Domain Formation under Disease ConditionsR. Preston Mason  Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, U.S.A.E-mail: rpmason@elucidaresearch.com15 Computer Simulation of Membrane ProteinsCarmen Domene, Department Chemistry, King's College, London, UKE-mail: carmen.domene@kcl.ac.uk16 GPCR Organization and Oligomerization: Role of Membrane LipidsAmitabha Chattopadhyay (Co-author: Durba Sengupta) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India E-mail: amit@ccmb.res.in