Transduction in Biological Systems

The present volume originated from the workshop "Transduction in Biological Sys­ tems," held at the Marine Biological Station of the Universidad de Valparaiso, Mon­ temar, Chile, May 23-30, 1988, and contains contributions from most of the partici­ pants in the workshop. The title of both...

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Other Authors: Hidalgo, Cecilia (Editor), Bacigalupo, Juan (Editor), Jaimovich, Enrique (Editor), Vergara, Julio (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
Series:Series of the Centro De Estudios Científicos
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 29 Calcium Release in Skinned Muscle Fibers: Effect of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate
  • 30 Metabolism of Phosphoinositides in Skeletal Muscle Membranes
  • E. Calcium Release
  • 31 Pharmacology of the Ryania Alkaloids: The Ester A, a Ryanodine Analog That Only Increases Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Permeability
  • 32 Ca2+ Release Channel of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum: Characterization of the Regulatory Sites
  • 33 Calcium Channels in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Membranes Isolated from Skeletal Muscle
  • 10 Calcium Currents and Hormone Secretion in the Rat Pituitary Gonadotroph
  • 11 Synexin-Driven Membrane Fusion: Molecular Basis for Exocytosis
  • 12 Signal Transduction and Ion Permeability in Adrenal Glomerulosa Cells
  • C. Other Transduction Mechanisms
  • 13 The Target of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate in Nonmuscle Cells: Calciosome or Endoplasmic Reticulum?
  • 14 Stimulus-Response Coupling in Mammalian Ciliated Cells: The Role of Ca2+ in Prostaglandin Stimulation
  • 15 Hepatocyte Gap Junctions: Metabolic Regulation and Possible Role in Liver Metabolism
  • 16 Mechanisms of Frequency Tuning in the Internal Ear
  • II. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Striated Muscle
  • A. Sodium Channels and Sodium Pump
  • 17 Coexistence of Different Types of Sodium Channels in Striated Muscle and Nerve
  • 18 Sodium Pump in T-Tubules of Frog Muscle Fibers
  • B. Calcium Channels inT-Tubule
  • I. Stimulus-Response Coupling
  • A. Transduction in Sensory Cells
  • 1 Dynamics of the Release of Calcium by Light and Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate in Limulus Ventral Photoreceptors
  • 2 Second Messengers in Invertebrate Phototransduction
  • 3 The cGMP-Gated Channels of Rod and Cone Photoreceptors
  • 4 Functional Aspects of the cGMP-Activated Channel from Bovine Rod Outer Segments
  • 5 A Complex Regulation of the cGMP-Dependent Channels of Retinal Rod Membranes by the cGMP Phosphodiesterase
  • 6 Transduction, Signal Transference, and Encoding in Composite Chemoreceptors: A Comparison between Gustatory and Arterial Chemoreceptors
  • B. Excitation-Secretion Coupling
  • 7 Role of Membrane Receptors in Stimulus-Secretion Coupling
  • 8 Glucose Dose Response of Pancreatic ?-Cells: Experimental and Theoretical Results
  • 9 Electrical and Secretory Response to Cholinergic Stimulation in Mouse and Human Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Cells
  • 19 Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Barnacle Muscle Fibers: Does Calcium Entry Trigger Contraction Directly?
  • 20 Biochemical Structure of the Dihydropyridine Receptor
  • 21 Role of Slow Inward Calcium Current in Excitation-Contraction Coupling
  • C. Molecular Architecture of the Triad
  • 22 Molecular Architecture of T-SR Junctions: Evidence for a Junctional Complex That Directly Connects the Two Membrane Systems
  • 23 Proteins of the Triad Junction of Skeletal Muscle
  • 24 Monoclonal Antibodies as Probes of Triad Structure and Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle
  • D. Transduction at the Triad
  • 25 A Third Role for Calcium in Excitation-Contraction Coupling
  • 26 A Pharmacological Approach to the Physiological Mechanism of Excitation-Contraction Coupling
  • 27 A Chemical Mechanism for Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle
  • 28 What We Know and What We Would Like to Know about the Role of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate in Skeletal Muscle