Cell signalling / John T. Hancock, Professor of Cell Signalling, Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of West of England, Bristol.

Author
Hancock, John T. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Fourth edition.
Published/​Created
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description
xxix, 420 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    Summary note
    'Cell Signalling' presents a carefully structured introduction to this subject, introducing those conserved features which underlie many different extra-and intracellular signalling systems.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Part 1. An overview of signalling
    • An introduction to cellular signalling
    • Pathways are the key to signalling
    • A look at some of the history and techniques of cell signalling
    • Part 2. Components that comprise signalling pathways
    • Extracellular signals: hormones, cytokines and growth factors
    • Detection of extracellular signals: the role of receptors
    • Protein phosphorylation, kinases and phosphatases
    • Cyclic nucleotides, cyclases and G proteins
    • Inositol phosphate metabolism and roles of membrane lipids
    • Intracellular calcium ions: control of their concentrations and roles in signalling
    • Reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species and redox signalling
    • Part 3. Selected examples of signalling pathways and events
    • Insulin and the signal transduction cascades it invokes
    • Perception of the environment
    • Signalling in development and for the regulation of gene expression
    • Life, death and apoptosis
    • Part 4. Final thoughts
    • Cell signalling: importance, complexity and the future.
    ISBN
    • 9780199658480 ((paperback))
    • 019965848X ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2016949248
    OCLC
    947925636
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