Front Cover; Protein-Membrane Interactions; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Yale Membrane Transport Processes Volumes; PART I: PROTEIN INSERTION INTO AND ACROSS MEMBRANES; Chapter 1. Mitochondrial Protein Import: Specific Recognition and Membrane Insertion of Precursor Proteins; I. Introduction; II. Receptor Proteins on the Mitochondrial Surface; III. The "General Insertion Protein"; IV. Role of Receptors and General Insertion Protein; V. Summary and Perspectives; References; Chapter 2. An Enzymological Approach to Membrane Assembly and Protein Secretion; Text

Chapter 3. Protein Translocation in YeastI. Introduction; II. Yeast as a Model System; III. The Importance of Preprotein Conformation; IV. Binding to the Membrane and Translocation Are Separable Events; V. Analysis of ptl1-A Translocation Mutant; References; PART II: STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS IN THE MEMBRANE; Chapter 4. Architectural Editing: Regulating the Surface Expression of the Multicomponent T-Cell Antigen Receptor; I. Introduction; II. Structure and Composition of the T-Cell Antigen Receptor; III. Subunit Interactions within the T-Cell Receptor; IV. Stoichiometry within the Complex

V. Assembly of the T-Cell Receptor ComplexVI. Fate of Newly Synthesized T-Cell Receptor Chains; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 5. The Photosynthetic Reaction Center from the Purple Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis: Aspects of Membrane Protein Structure; I. Introduction; II. Results and Discussion; III. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Bacteriorhodopsin Folding in Membranes: A Two-Stage Process; I. Introduction; II. Bacteriorhodopsin; III. Bacteriorhodopsin Fragments Contain Stable Transbilayer Helices; IV. Links and Retinal Are Not Required for Folding

V. Polar Interactions in Helix-Helix AssociationsVI. Packing Effects; VII. Summary; References; PART III: PROTEIN MOBILITY IN MEMBRANES; Chapter 7. Molecular Associations and Membrane Domains; I. Models of Membrane Organization; II. The Study of Large-Scale Molecular Mobility in Cell Surface Membranes; III. A Basis for the Organization of Morphologically Polarized Cell Surfaces; IV. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 8. Actin-Membrane Interactions in Eukaryotic Mammalian Cells; I. The Actin System and Membrane Function

II. The Erythrocyte Cytoskeleton: Paradigm or Distraction in Approaching the Interaction between the Eukaryote Plasma Membrane and Actin System?III. The Actin System in Membrane Stabilization and Retraction; IV. The Actin System in Membrane Propulsion; V. The Actin System and Membrane Propulsion and Retraction; References; Chapter 9. Biogenesis and Cell Surface Distribution of Acetylcholine Receptors Stably Expressed in Fibroblasts; I. Introduction; II. Acetylcholine Receptor-Fibroblast Cell Lines; III. Properties of Acetylcholine Receptors Expressed in Acetylcholine Receptor-Fibroblast Cells