Gene therapy has emerged as a promising approach for the treatment or prevention of
acquired and genetic diseases. At the present time, major somatic gene transfer approaches …

Electrostatic phenomena play a crucial role in many biological processes. For membranes
they are signifi-

Understanding interactions of calcium with lipid membranes at the molecular level is of great
importance in light of their involvement in calcium signaling, association of proteins with …

KRas is a major proto-oncogene product whose signaling activity depends on its level of
enrichment on the plasma membrane (PM). This PM localization relies on posttranslational …

Liposomes are being increasingly utilized to deliver drugs, enzymes, antisense
oligonucleotides, and genes to various therapeutic targets. Liposome-mediated delivery of …

Dick Hoekstra,* Tiny de Boer, Karin Klappe, and Jan Wilschut abstract: An assay is
presented that allows continuous and sensitive monitoring of membrane fusion in both …

340 DOV LICHTENBERG AND YECHEZKEL BARENHOLZ edited by Gregoriadis (1984),
and most recently in a special issue of Chemistry and Physics of Lipids entitled …

Although the possibility of targeting drugs to specific tissues and cells, as well as facilitating
their uptake and cytoplasmic delivery has rendered liposomes a versatile drug carrier …

A system of two planar bilayers holds a special place among the models employed for
investigating the mechanisms of membrane fusion. This is due to the fact that only this …

The amount of information generated by intensive studies of biological membranes over the
past years is such that a comprehensive treatise is now a major undertaking. This new …