Main description:

First published in 1990, the goal of these two volumes is to help fill the gap between theory and experiment in membrane science. Those involved with biochemistry, biophysics, pharmacology, and biology will find these volumes interesting and informative.

Contents:

PART 1. LIPIDS STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATIONS

PART 1.A: COMPUTER AIDED DESCRIPTION.

1.A.1. Computer Simulator of Cooperative Phenomena in Lipid Membranes. 1.A.2. Computer Aided Investigations of the Hydrophobic Core of the Lipid Monolayer. 1.A.3. Computer Aided Methods for the Study of Lipid Chain Packing in Model Biomembranes and Micelles. 1.A.4. Computer Simulation of Biological Membranes. 1.A.5. Determination of Chain Conformations in the Membrane Interior by Brownian Dynamics Simulations. 1.A.6. TAMMO: Theoretical Analysis of Membrane Molecular Organization. 1.A.7. Molecular Conformations of Phorbol Esters in a Simulated Lipid/Water Interface. 1.A.8. Deformation of the Lipid/Water Interface Mediated by Phospholipids or Peptides.

PART 1B: EXPERIMENTAL DATA

1.B.1. x-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Membrane Lipids. 1.B.2. Preferred Conformation of the Diacylglycerol Moiety of Phospholipids. 1.B.3. Polarized Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy as a Tool to Investigate the Conformation and Orientation of Membrane Components. Index.