Lipobiology (Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology)

This volume on lipobiology contains 27 chapters dealing with a selected number of subjects of lipid homeostasis in the eukaryotic cells and mammalian body. It focuses on subjects in the field of lipobiology characterised by new insights in underlying regulatory mechanisms. Special attention is paid to proteins involved in lipid transfer and enzymes in lipid metabolism and the regulation of expression of genes encoding for lipid handling proteins.