Preface. List of contributors. Other volumes in the series. 1. Functiona l roles of lipids in membranes (W. Dowhan, M. Bogdanov). 2. Lipid modifi cations of proteins (N.A. Baumann, A.K. Menon). 3. Fatty acid and phosph olipid metabolism in prokaryotes (R.J. Heath, S. Jackowski, C.O. Rock). 4. Lipid metabolism in plants (K.M. Schmid, J.B. Ohlrogge). 5. Oxidation of fatty acids in eukaryotes (H. Schulz). 6. Fatty acid synthesis in eu karyotes (V.S. Rangan, S. Smith). 7. Fatty acid desaturation and chain e longation in eukaryotes (H.W. Cook, C.R. McMaster). 8. Phospholipid bios ynthesis in eukaryotes (D.E. Vance). 9. Ether-linked lipids and their bi oactive species (F. Snyder, Ten-ching Lee, R.L. Wykle). 10. Adipose tiss ue and lipid metabolism (D.A. Bernlohr, A.E. Jenkins, A.A. Bennaars). 11 . Phospholipases (D.C. Wilton, M. Waite). 12. Glycerolipids in signal tr ansduction (L.C. McPhail). 13. The eicosanoids: cyclooxygenase, lipoxyge nase, and epoxygenase pathways (W.L. Smith, R.C. Murphy). 14. Sphingolip ids: metabolism and cell signaling (A.H. Merrill Jr., K. Sandhoff). 15. Cholesterol biosynthesis (L. Liscum). 16. Metabolism and function of bil