Biochemical and Biophysical Roles of Cell Surface Molecules

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Status of Membrane Asymmetry in Erythrocytes: Role of Spectrin  (Sauvik Sarkar, Dipayan Bose, Rajendra P. Giri, Mrinmay K. Mukhopadhyay, Abhijit Chakrabarti)....Pages 3-11
 Multiple Roles, Multiple Adaptors: Dynein During Cell Cycle  (Devashish Dwivedi, Mahak Sharma)....Pages 13-30
 Changes in the Nuclear Envelope in Laminopathies  (Subarna Dutta, Maitree Bhattacharyya, Kaushik Sengupta)....Pages 31-38
Front Matter ....Pages 39-39
 The Effect of Nanoparticles on the Cluster Size Distributions of Activated EGFR Measured with Photobleaching Image Correlation Spectroscopy  (Chiara Paviolo, James W. M. Chon, Andrew H. A. Clayton)....Pages 41-52
 Factors Influencing the Chaperone-Like Activity of Major Proteins of Mammalian Seminal Plasma, Equine HSP-1/2 and Bovine PDC-109: Effect of Membrane Binding, pH and Ionic Strength  (Cheppali Sudheer Kumar, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Sk. Alim, Musti J. Swamy)....Pages 53-68
 Exploring the Mechanism of Viral Peptide-Induced Membrane Fusion  (Gourab Prasad Pattnaik, Geetanjali Meher, Hirak Chakraborty)....Pages 69-78
 Amyloids Are Novel Cell-Adhesive Matrices  (Reeba S. Jacob, Subhadeep Das, Namrata Singh, Komal Patel, Debalina Datta, Shamik Sen et al.)....Pages 79-97
 The Prospects of Cadherin-23 as a Mediator of Homophilic Cell-Cell Adhesion  (Malay Kumar Sannigrahi, Sai Srinivas, Sabyasachi Rakshit)....Pages 99-105
 Structural-Mechanical and Biochemical Functions of Classical Cadherins at Cellular Junctions: A Review and Some Hypotheses  (Prince Tiwari, Arpita Mrigwani, Harpreet Kaur, Pallavi Kaila, Rajendra Kumar, Purnananda Guptasarma)....Pages 107-138
Front Matter ....Pages 139-139
 Identification of Sphingolipid-binding Motif in G Protein-coupled Receptors  (Sandeep Shrivastava, Md. Jafurulla, Shrish Tiwari, Amitabha Chattopadhyay)....Pages 141-149
 Molecular Signatures of Cholesterol Interaction with Serotonin Receptors  (Madhura Mohole, Xavier Prasanna, Durba Sengupta, Amitabha Chattopadhyay)....Pages 151-160
Front Matter ....Pages 161-161
 Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors (mGluRs): Ins and Outs  (Prabhat Kumar Mahato, Namrata Ramsakha, Prachi Ojha, Ravinder Gulia, Rohan Sharma, Samarjit Bhattacharyya)....Pages 163-175
 Soluble Amyloid Precursor Protein α: Friend or Foe?  (Nicola J. Corbett, Nigel M. Hooper)....Pages 177-183
 C. elegans Locomotion: Finding Balance in Imbalance  (Shruti Thapliyal, Kavita Babu)....Pages 185-196
Front Matter ....Pages 197-197
 Induction of Apoptosis in Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells: XV. Downregulation of DNA Polymerase-α – Helicase Complex (Replisomes) and Glyco-Genes  (Subhash C. Basu, Patrick Boyle, Rui Ma, Arun Agarwal, Manju Basu, Joseph R. Moskal et al.)....Pages 199-221
 Dynamic Function of DPMS Is Essential for Angiogenesis and Cancer Progression  (Zhenbo Zhang, Jesús E. Serrano-Negrón, Juan A. Martínez, Krishna Baksi, Dipak K. Banerjee)....Pages 223-244
 Benzothiophenes as Potent Analgesics Against Neuropathic Pain  (Saurabh Yadav, Vishnu Kumar Dwivedi, Sarika Gupta, Avadhesha Surolia)....Pages 245-254
 PRR Function of Innate Immune Receptors in Recognition of Bacteria or Bacterial Ligands  (Aakanksha Gulati, Deepinder Kaur, G. V. R. Krishna Prasad, Arunika Mukhopadhaya)....Pages 255-280
 Structural Basis and Functional Implications of the Membrane Pore-Formation Mechanisms of Bacterial Pore-Forming Toxins  (Anish Kumar Mondal, Amritha Sreekumar, Nidhi Kundu, Reema Kathuria, Pratima Verma, Shraddha Gandhi et al.)....Pages 281-291
 Abiraterone and Ionizing Radiation Alter the Sphingolipid Homeostasis in Prostate Cancer Cells  (Valentina Murdica, Giulia Mancini, Nicoletta Loberto, Rosaria Bassi, Paola Giussani, Nadia Di Muzio et al.)....Pages 293-307
 A Glycomic Approach Towards Identification of Signature Molecules in CD34+ Haematopoietic Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood  (Suchandra Chowdhury, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Chandan Mandal, Susmita Mondal, Sayantani Sarkar, Sarmila Chandra et al.)....Pages 309-318
Front Matter ....Pages 319-319
 Vitamin C: A Natural Inhibitor of Cell Wall Functions and Stress Response in Mycobacteria  (Kirtimaan Syal, Dipankar Chatterji)....Pages 321-332
 The Wrappers of the 1,2-Propanediol Utilization Bacterial Microcompartments  (Naimat K. Bari, Gaurav Kumar, Sharmistha Sinha)....Pages 333-344
 F-type Lectin Domains: Provenance, Prevalence, Properties, Peculiarities, and Potential  (Sonal Mahajan, T. N. C. Ramya)....Pages 345-363