UID:
almahu_9948026142502882
Format:
1 online resource (441 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-07062-9
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9786611070625
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0-12-289632-7
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0-08-054118-6
Content:
Signal Transduction is a well-illustrated, coherent look at cellular signaling processes. Beginning with the basics, it explains how cells respond to external cues, hormones, growth factors, cytokines, cell surfaces, etc., and then shows how these inputs are integrated and coordinated. The extensive color artwork provides the reader with a clearer comprehension of key topics, and margin notes are incorporated to highlight milestones in the evolution of signal transduction. This book serves as an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduates, graduate researchers, and established scien
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Signal Transduction; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Prologue: Signal transduction, origins and personalities; Transduction, the word and its meaning: one dictionary, different points of view; Hormones, evolution and history; Hormones: a definition; Neurotransmitters; Ergot; Receptors and ligands; Chapter 2. First messengers; Hormones; Binding of ligands to receptors; Chapter 3. Receptors; Adrenaline (again); a- and ß-adrenergic receptors; Acetylcholine receptors; Ion channel-linked receptors; The 7TM superfamily of G-protein linked receptors
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Receptor-ligand interaction and receptor activationTransmitting signals into cells; Intracellular 7TM receptor domains and signal transmission; Adrenaline (yet again); Chapter 4. GTP-binding proteins and signal transduction; Nucleotides as metabolic regulators; GTP-binding proteins, G-proteins or GTPases; Ras proteins; Ras-GAPs; Essay: Activation of G-proteins without subunit dissociation; Chapter 5. Effector enzymes coupled to GTP-binding proteins: Adenylyl cyclase and phospholipase C; Adenylyl cyclase; Phospholipase C; Chapter 6. The regulation of visual transduction
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Sensitivity of photoreceptorsPhotoreceptor mechanisms; Adaptation: calcium acts as a negative regulator; Photo-excitation of rhodopsin; Switching off the mechanism; A note on phototransduction in invertebrates; Chapter 7. Calcium and signal transduction; A new second messenger is discovered; Calcium and evolution; Distinguishing Ca2+ and Mg2+; Free, bound and trapped Ca2+; Cytosol Ca2+ is kept low; Detecting changes in cytosol Ca2+; Mechanisms that elevate cytosol Ca2+ concentration; The pattern of cytosol Ca2+ changes in single cells; Localization of intracellular second messengers
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Chapter 8. Calcium signallingCalcium binding by proteins; Effects of elevated calcium; Paradigms of calcium signalling; Chapter 9. Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation: Protein kinases A and C; Protein phosphorylation as a switch in cellular functioning; cAMP and the amplification of signals; Protein kinase A; Protein kinase A and the regulation of transcription; Protein kinase A and the activation of ERK; Actions of cAMP not mediated by PKA; Protein kinase C; The protein kinase C family; Structural domains and activation of protein kinase C
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Multiple sources of DAG and other lipids to activate PKCDifferential localization of PKC isoforms; PKC anchoring proteins, STICKs, PICKs and RACKs; PKC and cell transformation; PKC and inflammation; Chapter 10. Growth factors: Setting the framework; Viruses and tumours; The discovery of NGF... and EGF; Platelet derived growth factor; Transforming growth factors; Problems with nomenclature; Essay: The cell cycle; Essay: Cancer and cell transformation; Chapter 11. Signalling pathways operated by receptor protein tyrosine kinases; The tyrosine kinase family; Tyrosine kinase-containing receptors
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Branching of the signalling pathway
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-289631-9
Language:
English
