Overview

This involves unravelling the organizational principles which govern the many types of structure that arise on length scales from the size of the individual molecule, across molecular assemblies of proteins and lipid domains in the range of nanometers, to the meso-and macroscopic of the whole cells. A large number of mysteries concerning the role of fats and lipids for life remain unresolved. Some of the more obvious mysteries involve the role of lipids in evolution, the need of lipid diversity for membrande function, the physical principles that control cell signalling by lipid, and the relationships between nutrition and health. Many more mysteries are likely to turn up as we realize how life is a matter of fat.

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Author:   Ole G. Mouritsen
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2005 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9783540232483

ISBN 10:   3540232486
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   30 November 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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From the reviews: <p> The book takes the reader on an exciting journey through the lipid world, and Mouritsen attracts the attention with a lively style of writing, and attitude to worldplay, as indicated in the book's title. (ChemBioChem 2005, 6, page 1463-1464) <p> This is a highly interesting book and a pleasure to read. It represents a new and excellent pedagogical introduction to the field of lipids and the biophysics of biological membranes. I reckon that physicists and chemists as well as biologists will benefit from this approach to the field and Mouritsen shows a deep insight into the physical chemistry of lipids. (GAran Lindblom, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 2005, vol. 135, page 105-106) <p> This book is very much about many different aspects of the physical biochemistry of lipids. It covers the field in a very user friendly manner a ] . Each chapter has a variety of useful diagrams and schematics illustrating the key points of the chapter. a ] This book would make a useful contribution to libraries in universities and should be seen as essential reading for graduate students working in any aspect of cell biology, nutrition, and applied chemistry. (Andrew Sinclair, Chemistry in Australia, June, 2005) <p> The book takes the reader on an exciting journey through the lipid world, and Mouritsen attracts the attention with a lively style of writing a ] . a comprehensive view of the a ~lipid seaa (TM) can be easily achieved, gaining the right perspectives for envisaging future developments in the nascent field of lipidomics. (Carla Ferreri, ChemBioChem, Vol. 6 (8), 2005) <p> This is a highly interesting book and a pleasure to read. It represents a new and excellentpedagogical introduction to the field of lipids and the biophysics of biological membranes. a ] I would like to highly recommend this book a ] . an introductory textbook for graduate or advanced undergraduate students in biology, chemistry and physics as well as a lovely complementary text in a course of colloid chemistry. (GAran Lindblom, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, Vol. 135, 2005) <p> This book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on the physics of life, and particularly, the role played by lipids and the lipid-bilayer component of cell membranes. a ] This valuable and interesting book about the emerging science of lipidomics is aimed at undergraduate students and young research workers within physics, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, nutrition, as well as pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. (Advances in Food Sciences, Vol. 28 (2), 2006)

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