Life - As a Matter of Fat

Prologue: Lipidology - the science of lipids.- I THE OVERLOOKED MOLECULES.- Life from molecules.- Head and tail.- Oil and water.- Lipids speak the language of curvature.- A matter of softness.- Soft shells shape up.- Biological membranes - models and fashion.- II LIPIDS MAKE SENSE.- Lipids in bilayers - a stress-full and busy life.- The more we are together.- Lipids in Flatland.- Social Lipids.- Lively lipids provide for function.- Proteins at lipid mattresses.- III LIPIDS IN ACTION.- Cholesterol on the scene.- Lipids in charge.- Being smart - a _shy matter of fat.- Liquor and drugs - as a matter of fat-. Lipid eaters.- Powerful and strange lipids at work.- Survival by lipids.- Epilogue: Fat for Future.- Bibliography.- Sources for Figures. - Index.