Membrane Dynamics and Domains: Subcellular Biochemistry

The fluid-mosaic model of membrane structure formulated by Singer and Nicolson in the early 1970s has proven to be a durable concept in terms of the principles governing the organization of the constituent lipids and proteins. During the past 30 or so years a great deal of information has accumulated on the composition of various cell membranes and how this is related to the dif­ ferent functions that membranes perform. Nevertheless, the task of explaining particular functions at the molecu...