An Introduction to Biological Membranes
An Introduction to Biological Membranes
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生物膜简介
DOI：
10.1007/978-1-4899-1146-9_1
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发表时间：
1993
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
H. Petty
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作者：
H. Petty
近 40 亿年前，第一个活细胞的外边界由膜界定。从那时起，膜通过进化选择获得了额外的功能。现代膜参与许多重要的细胞活动，包括屏障功能、跨膜信号传导、形成代谢反应场所、能量转导、细胞区室化和细胞间识别。在本章中，我们将探讨生物膜的一些基本功能。我们还将讨论现代膜的一些结构特征。我们将通过简要讨论一些研究里程碑来结束本章，这些里程碑有助于我们了解膜是什么及其工作原理。
A membrane defined the outer boundary of the first living cell nearly 4 billion years ago. Since then, membranes have acquired additional functions through evolutionary selection. Modern membranes participate in many essential cell activities including barrier functions, transmembrane signaling, forming a locus for metabolic reactions, energy transduction, cell compartmentalization, and intercellular recognition. In this chapter we will explore some of the basic functions of biological membranes. We will also discuss some of the structural features of modern membranes. We will close this chapter with a brief discussion of a few research milestones that have contributed to our knowledge of what membranes are and how they work.