Cellular signal processing : an introduction to the molecular mechanisms of signal transduction / Friedrich Marks, Ursula Klingmüller, Karin Müller-Decker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marks, Friedrich, 1936-

Contributor:

Klingmüller, Ursula.

Müller-Decker, Karin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cellular signal transduction.

Signal Transduction--physiology.

Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Signal Transduction--physiology.

Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins--physiology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 634 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland Science, [2009]

Contents:

The "brain of the cell": data processing by protein networks

Supplying the network with energy: basic biochemistry of signal transduction

Evolution of cellular data processing

Basic equipment: G-proteins, second messengers, and protein kinases

Signal transduction by receptors with seven transmembrane domains

Signal transduction by serine/threonine kinase-coupled receptors

Signal transduction by tyrosine kinase- and protein phosphatase-coupled receptors: a late invention of evolution

Gene transcription: the ultimate target of signal transduction

Signals controlling mRNA translation

Signal transduction by small G-proteins: the art of molecular targeting

Mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor k̳B modules

Cancer and regulation of cell division

Signal transduction by proteolysis and programmed cell death

Signal transduction by ions

Sensory signal processing

Signaling at synapses: neurotransmitters and their receptors

Putting together the pieces: the approach of systems biology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815342151

0815342152

OCLC:

228374476