Volume 1. Structure and Dynamics of Membranes

Chapter 17. Cell membranes and the cytoskeleton

P. Janmey
Experimental Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Harvard Medical School,
Boston MA 02115, USA

1. Introduction

2. Thecellmembrane

3. Thecytoskeleton

3.1. Actinfilaments
3.2. Microtubules
3.3. Intermediate filaments
4. Membrane/cytoskeletal interactions independent of chemical binding

5. Examples of cytoskeletal/membrane interactionsin intact cells

5.1. Erythrocytes
5.2. Spectrin-actin network of platelets
5.3. Relation between 2-D and 3-D networks
5.4. Lymphocytes
5.5. Epithelialcells
6. Relation between the cytoskeleton and lipid membrane asymmetry

7. Actin/membrane interactions

7.1. Actin/lipid binding
7.2. Binding of actin to structures in cell membranes
8. Tubulin and microtubules

9. Intermediate filaments

9.1. Intermediate filament/lipid binding
9.2. Intermediate filament/membrane receptor binding
10. Membrane-bound motor molecules

11. Binding of transmembrane receptors to the cytoskeleton

12. Volume regulation

13. Regulation of the cytoskeleton by membrane lipids

14. Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References