Cell signalling /
John T. Hancock.
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- xix, 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: Harlow: Longman, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Aspects of Cell Signalling. - 2. Extracellular Signals - Hormones, Cytokines, Growth Factors. - 3. Detection of Extracellular Signals: The Role of Receptors. - 4. Protein Phosphorylation, Kinases and Phosphatases. - 5. Cyclic Nucleotides, Cyclases and G Proteins. - 6. Inositol Phosphate Metabolism and Roles of Membrane Lipids. - 7. Intracellular Calcium: Its Control and Role as an Intracellular Signal. - 8. Reactive Oxygen Species, Reactive Nitrogen Species and Redox Signalling. - 9. Insulin and the Signal Transduction Cascades it Invokes. - 10. Perception of the Environment. - 11. Life, death, and Apoptosis. - 12. Cell Signalling: Importance, Complexity and Future. - Index.