The Structure of Biological Membranes

Completely revised and updated to reflect changes in the field, this third edition provides an integrated view of membranes as functioning units. Incorporating recent advances in membrane protein structure, membrane rafts, and membrane fusion, it focuses on lipids and the lipid bilayer, membrane protein structure and function, and lipid transport. Additionally, the roles of cholesterol in the biology of cells, the structures of G-protein coupled receptors, membrane lipids as modulators of membrane-bound enzymes, and viral fusion mechanisms are presented and analyzed in depth.