Fusion of Biological Membranes and Related Problems

Preface. 1. The Secretory Pathway: From History to the State of the Art, C. Harter, C. Reinhard. 2. Neurotoxins as Tools in Dissecting the Exocytic Machinery, M. Linial. 3. Annexins and Membrane Fusion, H. Kubista, et al. 4. The Full Complement of Yeast YPT/RAB-GTPases and their Involvement in Exo- and Endocytic Trafficking, M. Götte, et al. 5. Possible Roles of Long-Chain Fatty Acyl-CoA Esters in the Fusion of Biomembranes, N.J. Faergeman, et al. 6. Brefeldin A: Revealing the Fundamental Principles Governing Membrane Dynamics and Protein Transport, C.L. Jackson. 7. Membrane Fusion Events during Nuclear Envelope Assembly, P. Collas, D. Poccia. 8. Transactions at the Peroxisomal Membrane, B. Distel, et al. 9. Neurons, Chromaffin cells and Membrane Fusion, P. Partoens, et al. 10. Reversibility in Fusion Protein Conformational Changes: The Intriguing Case of Rhabdovirus-Induced Membrane Fusion, Y. Gaudin. 11. Specific Roles for Lipids in Virus Fusion and Exit: Examples from the Alphaviruses, M. Kielian, et al. 12. Fusion Mediated by the HIV-1 Envelope Protein, C.M. McManus, R.W. Doms. 13. Sulfhydryl Involvement in Fusion Mechanisms, D.A. Sanders. References. Index... Mehr