Table of contents : Cover Page......Page 1 Book Info......Page 2 Table of Contents......Page 3 Preface......Page 5 List of contributors......Page 7 Other volumes in the series......Page 11 1 Functional roles of lipids in membranes......Page 14 2 Lipid modifications of proteins......Page 49 3 Fatty acid and phospholipid metabolism in prokaryotes......Page 67 4 Lipid metabolism in plants......Page 105 5 Oxidation of fatty acids in eukaryotes......Page 139 6 Fatty acid synthesis in eukaryotes......Page 163 7 Fatty acid desaturation and chain elongation in eukaryotes......Page 192 8 Phospholipid biosynthesis in eukaryotes......Page 216 9 Ether-linked lipids and their bioactive species......Page 244 10 Adipose tissue and lipid metabolism......Page 274 11 Phospholipases......Page 301 12 Glycerolipids in signal transduction......Page 325 13 The eicosanoids: cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and epoxygenase pathways......Page 351 14 Sphingolipids: metabolism and cell signaling......Page 382 15 Cholesterol biosynthesis......Page 417 16 Metabolism and function of bile acids......Page 440 17 Lipid assembly into cell membranes......Page 456 18 Lipoprotein structure......Page 490 19 Assembly and secretion of lipoproteins......Page 512 20 Dynamics of lipoprotein transport in the human circulatory system......Page 534 21 Lipoprotein receptors......Page 560 22 Lipids and atherosclerosis......Page 580 A......Page 605 B,C......Page 606 F......Page 607 I......Page 608 M......Page 609 P......Page 610 R,S......Page 611 U......Page 612 V,W,Z......Page 613