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Activation and Desensitization of Transducing Pathways: (closed)): 44 - Brossura

 
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This book is about activation by and desensitization to signals originating from the environment at the molecular and cellular level. It brings together the common signal transfer elements responsible for activation and desensitization in animals, plants and microorganisms.

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Chemotaxis and Chemosensing.- Activation and desensitization in bacterial Chemotaxis.- Discussion.- Adaptation of chemoattractant elicited responses in Dictyostelium discoideum.- Discussion.- The inositolcycle of Dictyostelium discoideum.- Discussion.- Cyclic Nucleotide-Coupled Systems.- Glucagon activates two distinct signal transduction systems in hepatocytes,which leads to the desensitization of G-protein-regulated adenylate cyclase, the phosphorylation and inactivation of Gi-2 and the phosphorylation and stimulation of a specific cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase.- Discussion.- Multiple pathways for glucagon-induced heterologous desensitization of liver adenylyl cyclase.- Discussion.- The mechanisms of luteinizing hormone-induced activation and desensitization of adenylate cyclase.- Discussion.- Role of protein kinases in the desensitization-sensitization of ?-adrenergic receptor and prostaglandin receptor stimulation of adenylyl cyclase.- Discussion.- Direct involvement of the cyclic nucleotide binding sites in the cyclic-nucleotide-induced charge shift of protein kinases.- Discussion.- Inositol Phospholipid-Coupled Systems.- Heterogeneity amongst myo-inositol derivatives: metabolism of second messengers and synthesis of co-signals.- Discussion.- Role of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositols in insulin signaling.- Discussion.- Agonist and guanine nucleotide regulation of P2Y-purinergic receptor-linked phospholipase C.- Discussion.- G-Protein Activation.- Mechanisms involved in G-protein activation by hormone receptors.- Discussion.- Visual Transduction.- Regulation and rapid inactivation of the light induced cGMP phosphodiesterase activity in vertebrate retinal rods.- Discussion.- Auxin-Coupled Systems.- Characterization and modulation of the sensitivity of plant protoplasts to auxin.- Discussion.- The auxin-binding-protein from maize coleoptiles.- Discussion.- Is a GTP-binding protein involved in the auxin-mediated phosphoinositide response on plant cell membranes?.- Discussion.- Ion Conductance.- Regulation of the desensitization of the acetylcholine nicotinic receptor.- Discussion.- Cellular Systems.- The control of human thyroid cell function, proliferation and differentiation.- Discussion.- Activation of the regulated secretory pathway in neuronal cells during in vitro differentiation.- Discussion.

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