Front Cover; Lipid Polymorphism and Membrane Properties; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Previous Volumes in Series; Part I: Characterization of Nonlamellar Structures; Chapter 1. The Cubic Phases of Lipids; I. Introduction; II. Structure Analysis; III. Chemical Properties; IV. Structure Representations; V. Orderly Disposal of Short-Range Conformational Disorder: The Chaotic Zones; VI. Biological Implications; References; Chapter 2. Membrane Lipid Molecular Structure and Polymorphism; I. Introduction; II. Nonlamellar-Forming Lipids of Biological Membranes: General Properties

III. Molecular Structure and Nonlamellar Phase Behavior: Theoretical and Mechanistic ConsiderationsIV. Molecular Structure and Nonlamellar Phase Behavior: Experimental Observations; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3. NMR Studies of Membrane Lipid Properties; I. Introduction; II. Theory; III. The La Phase; IV. The HII Phase; V. Other Phases; VI. Relaxation; VII. Translational Diffusion Studied by NMR; VIII. Conclusions and Possible Biological Relevance; References; Chapter 4. Hydration, Curvature, and Bending Elasticity of Phospholipid Monolayers; I. Introduction

II. Using Osmotic StressIII. Probing the Dimensions and Energetics of These Structures; IV. Measuring Monolayer Curvature and Bending Modulus; V. Unpredictability of Curvature and Phases; VI. Effects of Other Kinds of Lipids on the Phase, the Curvature, and the Hydration of the Lipid Assemblies; VII. Summary; References; Part II: Perturbation of Bilayer Properties; Chapter 5. Phase Behavior of Membranes Containing Bioactive Lipids; I. Introduction; III.a Tocopherol in Membranes; III. Modulation of Lipid Phase Behavior by the Presence of Diacylglycerols; IV. Concluding Remarks; References

Chapter 6. Modulation of Lipid Polymorphism by PeptidesI. Introduction; II. Factors Affecting Peptide Modulation of Lipid Polymorphism; III. Examples; IV. Reciprocal Effects of Class A and L Amphipathic Helices; V. Conclusions; References; Part III: Protein Activity and Membrane Properties; Chapter 7. Membrane Properties and the Activation of Protein Kinase C and Phospholipase A2; I. Introduction; II. Biological Effects of DAGS; III. Membrane Structure and PKC Activity; IV. Membrane Structure and PLA2 Activity; V. Nonbilayer Lipid Phases; VI. Effect of PC-PS Phase Separation on PKC Activity

VII. Lateral Phase Separation of the Bilayers on the Regions of Different FluiditiesVIII. Transverse Bilayer Perturbations; IX. Conclusions; References; Chapter 8. Influence of Nonlamellar-Forming Lipids on Rhodopsin; I. Introduction; II. The Visual System; III. Role of Membrane Lipids in the Visual Process; IV. Properties of the Membrane Lipid Bilayer in Comparison to the Photochemical Function of Rhodopsin; V. Membrane Deformation Energy, Curvature Frustration, and Rhodopsin Function; References; Part IV: Membrane Fusion; Chapter 9. Liposome Fusion; I. Introduction; II. Lipid Polymorphism