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Hormones and their actions /

The aim of these two volumes is to provide an up-to-date text about the developments in the field during the last 5 - 10 years. Authors with an outstanding record both as active investigators and as critical reviewers have been selected. The result is an integrated collection of contributions formin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cooke, Brian A., King, R. J. B. (Roger John Benjamin), Molen, H. J. van der
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY : Elsevier ; Sole distributors for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1988.
Colección:New comprehensive biochemistry ; v. 18.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. [without special title]
  • pt. 2. Specific actions of protein hormones.
  • [pt. 1.] The biosynthesis of steroid hormones : an update / D.B. Gower
  • An overview of molecular aspects of steroid hormone action / R.J.B. King
  • Gene regulation by steroid hormones / Malcolm G. Parker
  • Characterization, assay and purification of steroid receptors / M.A. Blankenstein, E. Mulder
  • Mechanism of action of thyroid hormone / Jacques Nunez
  • Metabolism of thyroid hormone / Theo J. Visser
  • Characterization of membrane receptors : some general considerations / Leo E. Reichert Jr.
  • Metabolism and intracellular processing of protein hormones / Asha Singh Khanna, David Morton Waisman
  • Internalization of peptide hormones and hormone receptors / Deborah L. Segaloff, Mario Ascoli
  • Physiological aspects of luteinizing hormone releasing factor and sex steroid actions : the interrelationship of agonist and antagonist activities / A.E. Wakeling
  • The functions of testosterone and its metabolites / W. Ian P. Mainwaring, Shona A. Haining, Barbara Harper
  • Oestrogen actions / Robert L. Sutherland, Colin K.W. Watts, Christine L. Clarke
  • Glucocorticoid receptor actions / Ulrich Gehring
  • Progesterone action and receptors / Nancy L. Krett, Dean P. Edwards, Kathryn B. Horwitz
  • The pleiotropic vitamin D hormone / Leonor Cancela, G. Theofan, Anthony W. Norman
  • [pt. 2.] G proteins and transmembrane signalling / Lutz Birnbaumer, Juan Codina, Rafael Mattera, Atsuko Yatani, Arthur M. Brown
  • Inositol phospholipids and cellular signalling / Graeme R. Guy, Christopher J. Kirk
  • The role of calcium binding proteins in signal transduction / Navin C. Khanna, Masaaki Tokuda, David M. Waisman
  • Mechanism of action of Ca²-dependent hormones / Howard Rasmussen, Paula Q. Barrett
  • Mechanism of action of pituitary hormone releasing and inhibiting factors / Carl Denef
  • Mechanism of gonadotropin releasing hormone action / Lothar Jennes, P. Michael Conn
  • The mechanisms of action of luteinizing hormone. 1, Luteinizing hormone-receptor interactions / B.A. Cooke, F.F.G. Rommerts
  • The mechanisms of action of luteinizing hormone. 2, Transducing systems and biological effects / F.F.G. Rommerts, B.A. Cooke
  • Mechanism of action of FSH in the ovary / Kristine D. Dahl, Aaron J.W. Hsueh
  • The mechanism of action of ACTH in the adrenal cortex / Peter J. Hornsby
  • Mechanism of action of angiotensin II / Paula Q. Barrett, Wendy B. Bollag, Howard Rasmussen
  • Mechanisms of action of glucagon / J.H. Exton
  • Mechanism of action of growth hormone / Michael Wallis
  • Mechanism of action of prolactin / Michael Wallis
  • Structure and function of the receptor for insulin / Miles D. Houslay, Michael J.O. Wakelam
  • A comparison of the structures of single polypeptide chain growth factor receptors that possess protein tyrosine kinase activity / W.J. Gullick.