Molecular endocrinology

Main Author: Bolander, Franklyn F.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10180598
Table of Contents:
  • Classical endocrinology
  • Nonclassical endocrinology
  • Overview of receptors and transducers
  • Kinetics
  • Nuclear receptors
  • Membrane receptors
  • Receptor regulation
  • G proteins and cyclic nucleotides
  • Calcium, calmodulin, and phospholipids
  • Miscellaneous second messengers
  • Phosphorylation and other nontranscriptional effects of hormones
  • Hormonally regulated transcription factors
  • Modifications and conformations of DNA and nuclear proteins
  • Posttranscriptional control
  • Pathogen-endocrine system interactions
  • Molecular bases of endocrinopathies
  • Molecular evolution of the endocrine system.