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  1. 11 Plant sphingolipids

    Plants contain a multiplicity of sphingolipid metabolites, such as long-chain bases, long-chain base phosphates, ceramides, glycosylceramides,...
    Petra Sperling, Dirk Warnecke, Ernst Heinz in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
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  2. 12 Baker’s Yeast: a rising foundation for eukaryotic sphingolipid-mediated cell signaling

    Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been an invaluable tool for the dissection of sphingolipid metabolic pathways and cloning of enzymes involved in...
    L. Ashley Cowart, Yusuf A. Hannun in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
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  3. 5 Sterol metabolism and functions in higher plants

    Higher plants synthesize a bewildering array of sterols, with sitosterol, stigmasterol, and 24-methylcholesterol as major compounds. All plant...
    Marie-Andrée Hartmann in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
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  4. 6 Sterol biochemistry and regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been a major model system for the study of sterol biosynthesis and function. All of the genes encoding the enzymes...
    N. Douglas Lees, Martin Bard in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
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  5. 7 Mammalian ACAT and DGAT2 gene families

    Mammalian isozymes of ACAT, DGAT, and MGAT are encoded by the ACAT and DGAT2 gene families. These enzymes catalyze the synthesis of neutral lipid...
    Dong Cheng, Jay Liu, ... Ta-Yuan Chang in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
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  6. Critical Phenomena in a Small World

    We consider the behavior of various systems on a small-world network near a critical point. Our starting point is a different, nonrandom system with...
    Matthew B. Hastings, Balázs Kozma in Complex Networks
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  7. Who Is the Best Connected Scientist?A Study of Scientific Coauthorship Networks

    Using data from computer databases of scientific papers in physics, biomedical research, and computer science, we have constructed networks of...
    Mark E.J. Newman in Complex Networks
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  8. Scholarly Information Network

    I review the background and some recent trends of a particular scholarly information network, ar**v.org, and discuss some of its implications for new...
    Paul Ginsparg in Complex Networks
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  9. Spectral Analysis of Random Networks

    We review a general approach that describes the spectra of eigenvalues for random graphs with a local tree-like structure. The exact equations to the...
    Sergei N. Dorogovtsev, Alexander V. Goltsev, ... Alexander N. Samukhin in Complex Networks
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  10. Theoretical Neuroanatomy:Analyzing the Structure, Dynamics,and Function of Neuronal Networks

    The mammalian brain is an extraordinary object: its networks give rise to our conscious experiences as well as to the generation of adaptive behavior...
    Anil K. Seth, Gerald M. Edelman in Complex Networks
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  11. Information Theory of Complex Networks: On Evolution and Architectural Constraints

    Complex networks are characterized by highly heterogeneous distributions of links, often pervading the presence of key properties such as robustness...
    Ricard V. Solé, Sergi Valverde in Complex Networks
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  12. Course 14: Hiking through Glassy Phases: Physics beyond Aging

    Experiments performed on a wide range of glassy materials display many interesting phenomena, such as aging behavior. In recent years, a large body...
    L. Berthier, V. Viasnoff, ... F. Krzakala in Slow Relaxations and nonequilibrium dynamics in condensed matter
    Conference paper

  13. Course 6: Glasses, Replicas and All That

    In these lectures I will review the approach to glasses based on the replica formalism. Many of the physical ideas are very similar to those of older...
    G. Parisi in Slow Relaxations and nonequilibrium dynamics in condensed matter
    Conference paper

  14. Regulation of IP 3 Receptors by IP 3 and Ca 2+

    Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate ( IP 3) receptors are intracellular Ca 2+ channels that mediate release of Ca 2+ from intracellular stores. The channels...
    Colin W. Taylor, Jane E. Swatton in Understanding Calcium Dynamics
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  15. Modeling Calcium Waves

    We present an introduction to the mathematics of calcium waves, both intracellular and intercellular. After a discussion of the earlier models I...
    James Sneyd, Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova in Understanding Calcium Dynamics
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  16. Hormone-Mediated Intercellular Calcium Signalling in an Insect Salivary Gland – Pathways and Mechanisms

    The salivary glands of the blowfly Calliphora vicina are a favourable preparation for investigations into spatio-temporal Ca 2+ dynamics in an intact...
    Bernhard Zimmermann, Bernd Walz in Understanding Calcium Dynamics
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  17. Course 1: Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions

    Nonequilibrium phase transitions are discussed with emphasis on general features such as the role of detailed balance violation in generating...
    Z. Rácz in Slow Relaxations and nonequilibrium dynamics in condensed matter
    Conference paper

  18. Course 2: Mechanical Aging and Non-linear Rheology of Concentrated Colloidal Suspensions: Experimental Facts and Simple Models

    Many colloidal systems display very non-Newtonian and solid-like behaviour when concentrated, a striking feature being the apparition of a yield...
    A. Ajdari in Slow Relaxations and nonequilibrium dynamics in condensed matter
    Conference paper

  19. From Simple to Complex Ca 2+ Oscillations: Regulatory Mechanisms and Theoretical Models

    Intracellular Ca 2+ oscillations most often appear as regular spikes. However, complex Ca 2+ oscillations in the form of bursting or chaos have also...
    G. Dupont, G. Houart, A. Goldbeter in Understanding Calcium Dynamics
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  20. S. cerevisiae K28 toxin – a secreted virus toxin of the A/B family of protein toxins

    Since the initial discovery of toxin-secreting killer strains in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae more than 40 years ago, continuous research on...
    Susanne Leis, Jenny Spindler, ... Manfred J. Schmitt in Microbial Protein Toxins
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