Roberts / Kruchten Receptor Biology

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-527-80015-5
Verlag: Wiley-VCH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Dieses verständlich geschriebene Lehrbuch ist nicht nur hoch informativ, sondern macht die komplexe Thematik der Signalwege von Rezeptoren leichter greifbar. Es eignet sich perfekt für Kurse zu diesem Fachgebiet in den Studiengängen Biologie, Medizin oder Pharmakologie.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roberts, Michael

Roberts, Michael S.

Kruchten, Anne E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction
2 The Origins of Chemical Thinking
 
I FUNDAMENTALS
3 Membranes and Proteins
4 Hormones as First Messengers
5 Receptor Theory
 
II RECEPTOR TYPES AND FUNCTION
6 Transduction I: Ion Channels and Transporters
7 Transduction II: G Protein-coupled Receptors
8 Transduction III: Receptor Kinases and Immunoglobulins
9 Transduction IV: Nuclear Receptors
 
III APPLICATIONS
10 Signaling Complexity
11 Cell Interactions in Development
12 Receptor Mechanisms in Disease Processes
13 Receptors and the Mind
14 Evolution of Receptors, Transmitters, and Hormones

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Roberts is Professor of Biology at Linfield College in McMinnville (Oregon, USA). He has taught biology to students for 40 years, first at Yale University and since 1981 at Linfield College. His scientific focus is cardiovascular physiology and the regulation of animal body temperature.
 
Anne Kruchten is Associate Professor of Biology at Linfield College in McMinnville (Oregon, USA). A graduate of the University of Minnesota, she joined Linfield College in 2006. Her scientific focus is the regulation of cell migration.