The breadth of modern biology is characterized by a comprehension of phenomena at many levels of organization. Such levels of understanding range from the organismal to the molecular. It is when all these levels can be discussed together that a sense of true achievement begins to be felt. The topical area of fatty acid transport and metabolism was the focus of the Third International Conference on Lipid-Binding Proteins held at the University of Minnesota in May 1997. This volume contains a sampling of the proceedings of this meeting.

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CD36 antisense expression in 2T2-F442A preadipocytes.- The liver fatty acid binding protein comparison of cavity properties of intracellular lipid-binding proteins 9.- Mechanisms of cellular uptake of long chain free fatty acids.- Biochemical and biophysical analysis of the intracellular lipid binding proteins of adipocytes.- Long-chain fatty acid transport in bacteria and yeast. Paradigms for defining the mechanism underlying this protein-mediated process.- Cytochrome P450, peroxisome proliferation, and cytoplasmic fatty acid-binding protein content in liver, heart and kidney of the diabetic rat.- Long chain fatty acids as modulators of gene transcription in preadipose cells.- Novel classes of fatty acid and retinol binding protein from nematodes.- Fatty acid interactions with native and mutant fatty acid binding proteins.- The measurement of free fatty acid concentration with the fluorescent probe ADIFAB: A practical guide for the use of the ADIFAB probe.- Role of acylCoA binding protein in acylCoA transport, metabolism and cell signalling.- Structure and function of cytoplasmic retinoid binding proteins.- A comparative study of the backbone dynamics of two closely related lipid binding proteins: Bovine heart fatty acid binding protein and porcine ileal lipid binding protein.- Probable interaction between S100A7 and E-FABP in the cytosol of human keratinocytes from psoriatic scales.- CD36 mediates long-chain fatty acid transport in human myocardium: Complete myocardial accumulation defect of radiolabeled long-chain fatty acid analog in subjects with CD36 deficiency.- Structural and functional studies on different human FABP types.- The third leg: Molecular dynamics simulations of lipid binding proteins.- Lipid-transfer proteins from plants: Structure and bindingproperties.- Index to Volume 192.