Membrane Lipids of Prokaryotes

Content: 
Advisory Board
Page ii

Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

List of Contributors
Pages xi-xii

Foreword
Pages xiii-xvi
Konrad Bloch

Preface
Page xvii
Shmuel Razin, Shlomo Rottem

Yale Membrane Transport Processes Volumes
Page xix

Lipids of Prokaryotes–Structure and Distribution Original Research Article
Pages 1-43
Howard Goldfine

Lipids of Bacteria Living in Extreme Environments Original Research Article
Pages 45-77
Thomas A. Langworthy

Lipopolysaccharides of Gram-Negative Bacteria Original Research Article
Pages 79-151
Otto Lüderitz, Marina A. Freudenberg, Chris Galanos, Volker Lehmann, Ernst Th. Rietschel, Derek H. Shaw

Prokaryotic Polyterpenes: Phylogenetic Precursors of Sterols Original Research Article
Pages 153-182
Guy Ourisson, Michel Rohmer

Sterols in Mycoplasma Membranes Original Research Article
Pages 183-205
Shmuel Razin

Regulation of Bacterial Membrane Lipid Synthesis Original Research Article
Pages 207-233
Charles O. Rock, John E. Cronan Jr.

Transbilayer Distribution of Lipids in Microbial Membranes Original Research Article
Pages 235-261
Shlomo Rottem

Lipid Phase Transitions and Regulation of Membrane Fluidity in Prokaryotes Original Research Article
Pages 263-316
Donald L. Melchior

Effects of Membrane Lipids on Transport and Enzymic Activities Original Research Article
Pages 317-380
Ronald N. McElhaney

Index
Pages 381-383