Signal Transduction: An Introduction

By Ari Sitaramayya

Foreword * Contributors * Overview by Ari Sitaramayya * Cell Surface Receptors: Mechanisms of Signaling and Inactivation * Heterotrimeric G-proteins: Structure, Regulation and Signaling Mechanisms * Ras and Rho-Related Small Molecular Weight G-proteins: Structure and Signaling Mechanisms * Cyclic Nucleotides: Synthesis by Adenylyl and Guanylyl Cyclases * Phospholipases: Generation of Lipid-Derived Second Messengers * Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases: Structure and Functional Aspects * Nitric Oxide: Synthesis and Intracellular Actions * Ionic Channels Mediating Sensory Transduction * Bits for an Organic Microprocessor: Protein Phosphorylation/Dephosphorylation * Defects in Signal Transduction Proteins Leading to Disease * Intracellular Messengers in Drug Addiction * Keyword Index

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817639829
• ISBN13: 9780817639822
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"