Cell membrane : the red blood cell as a model

Preface.Foreword.Acknowledgements.1. Introduction: History of Red Cell Membrane Research.2. Composition of Normal Red Cell Membranes.3. Stereotactic Structure of Red Cell Membranes.4. Skeletal Proteins.5. Integral Proteins.6. Anchoring Proteins.7. Membrane Morphogenesis in Erythroid Cells.8. States of Methylation in the Promoter of the Genes of beta-Spectrin, Band 3, and Protein 4.2.9. Disease States of Red Cell Membranes: Their Genotypes and Phenotypes.10. Hereditary Spherocytosis.11. Hereditary Elliptocytosis (HE).12. Hereditary Stomatocytosis.13. Acanthocytosis and Its Related Disorders.14. Abnormalities of Skeletal Proteins.15. Abnormalities of Integral Proteins and Blood Group Antigens.16. Abnormalities of Anchoring Proteins.17. Abnormalities of Membrane Lipids.18. Closing Remarks.Index.