Author(s): D.E. Vance
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 613
Cover Page......Page 1
Book Info......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 3
Preface......Page 5
List of contributors......Page 7
Other volumes in the series......Page 11
1 Functional roles of lipids in membranes......Page 14
2 Lipid modifications of proteins......Page 49
3 Fatty acid and phospholipid metabolism in prokaryotes......Page 67
4 Lipid metabolism in plants......Page 105
5 Oxidation of fatty acids in eukaryotes......Page 139
6 Fatty acid synthesis in eukaryotes......Page 163
7 Fatty acid desaturation and chain elongation in eukaryotes......Page 192
8 Phospholipid biosynthesis in eukaryotes......Page 216
9 Ether-linked lipids and their bioactive species......Page 244
10 Adipose tissue and lipid metabolism......Page 274
11 Phospholipases......Page 301
12 Glycerolipids in signal transduction......Page 325
13 The eicosanoids: cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and epoxygenase pathways......Page 351
14 Sphingolipids: metabolism and cell signaling......Page 382
15 Cholesterol biosynthesis......Page 417
16 Metabolism and function of bile acids......Page 440
17 Lipid assembly into cell membranes......Page 456
18 Lipoprotein structure......Page 490
19 Assembly and secretion of lipoproteins......Page 512
20 Dynamics of lipoprotein transport in the human circulatory system......Page 534
21 Lipoprotein receptors......Page 560
22 Lipids and atherosclerosis......Page 580
A......Page 605
B,C......Page 606
F......Page 607
I......Page 608
M......Page 609
P......Page 610
R,S......Page 611
U......Page 612
V,W,Z......Page 613
