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Biochemical actions of hormones. Volume VI /

Biochemical Actions of Hormones V6.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Litwack, Gerald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, �1979.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Contributors; Biochemical Actions of Hormones; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Previous Volumes; CHAPTER 1. The Physiological Regulation and Function of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PROPERTIES OF THE cAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; III. APPROACHES FOR EVALUATING THE FUNCTION OF cAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; IV. SPECIFIC SYSTEMS; ADDENDUM; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. Hormonal and Metabolic Control of Phosphoprotein Phosphatase; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ENZYME PROPERTIES; III. HORMONAL CONTROL
  • IV. CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Structural Aspects of Steroid Hormones and Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; I. STRUCTURES OF STEROIDS; II. BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS INVOLVING STEROIDS THAT HAVE BEEN STUDIED BY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; III. CARCINOGENIC POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND THEIR STRUCTURAL SIMILARITIES TO STEROIDS; IV. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Modulation of Chemical Carcinogenesis by Hormones; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MAMMARY GLAND; III. OVARY; IV. LIVER; V. RELATIONSHIP OF BINDING PROTEINS (ENZYMES) AND CARCINOGENESIS; VI. CONCLUSIONS
  • ADDENDUMREFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. How Important Are Steroids in Regulating the Growth of Mammary Tumors; I. GENERAL COMMENTS ON MAMMARY TUMOR GROWTH; II. GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN BREAST TUMORS; III. REGULATION OF CELL PROLIFERATION; IV. CELL LOSS; V. BLOOD SUPPLY; VI. CELL-CELL INTERACTION; VII. IMMUNE RESPONSE TO BREAST TUMORS; VIII. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. Biochemical Actions of Neurohypophysial Hormones and Neurophysin; I. INTRODUCTION: PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL HORMONES; II. NEUROPHYSINS; III. NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL HORMONE-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS
  • IV. NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL HORMONE STIMULUS GENERATIONV. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STIMULUS GENERATION AND RESPONSE; VI. MOLECULAR EVENTS MEDIATING NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL HORMONE ACTION; VII. CONCLUDING COMMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. Biochemistry and Physiology of Cytokinins; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EFFECTS ON PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; III. CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; IV. METABOLISM OF CYTOKININS; V. CYTOKININS IN NUCLEIC ACIDS; VI. EFFECTS OF CYTOKININS ON METABOLISM; VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 8. Steroid Hormone Receptors in the Central Nervous SystemI. INTRODUCTION; II. TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF MEASURING STEROID BINDING TO PUTATIVE RECEPTORS IN BRAIN AND PITUITARY; III. NEURAL AND PITUITARY STEROID RECEPTORS IN RELATION TO FUNCTION; IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. Properties of Estrogen Receptor Purified to Homogeneity; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PURIFICATION TO HOMOGENEITY OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; III. PROPERTIES OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR PURIFIED TO HOMOGENEITY; IV. FINAL REMARKS AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES