Caveolins and Caveolae: Roles in Signaling and Disease Mechanisms (2012) (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology #729)
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- Synopsis
- Caveolae are 50-100 nm flask-shaped invaginations of the plasma membrane that are primarily composed of cholesterol and sphingolipids. Using modern electron microscopy techniques, caveolae can be observed as omega-shaped invaginations of the plasma membrane, fully-invaginated caveolae, grape-like clusters of interconnected caveolae (caveosome), or as transcellular channels as a consequence of the fusion of individual caveolae. The caveolin gene family consists of three distinct members, namely Cav-1, Cav-2 and Cav-3. Cav-1 and Cav-2 proteins are usually co-expressed and particularly abundant in epithelial, endothelial, and smooth muscle cells as well as adipocytes and fibroblasts. On the other hand, the Cav-3 protein appears to be muscle-specific and is therefore only expressed in smooth, skeletal and cardiac muscles. Caveolin proteins form high molecular weight homo- and/or hetero-oligomers and assume an unusual topology with both their N- and C-terminal domains facing the cytoplasm.
- Copyright:
- 2012
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781461412229
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781461412212
- Publisher:
- Springer New York
- Date of Addition:
- 12/28/20
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Medicine
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- Edited by:
- Jean-François Jasmin
- Edited by:
- Philippe Frank
- Edited by:
- Michael P. Lisanti
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