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Title Cell chemistry and physiology. Part 2 / edited by E. Edward Bittar, Neville Bittar
Published Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Principles of medical biology ; v. 4
Principles of medical biology ; v. 4.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Cellular ATP; Chapter 2. Purines; Chapter 3. The Role of Multiple Isozymes in the Regulation of Cyclic Nucleotide Synthesis and Degradation; Chapter 4. The Biological Functions of Protein Phosphorylation-Dephosphorylation; Chapter 5. The Family of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases and the Control of Cellular Signaling Responses; Chapter 6. Cyclic Cascades in Cellular Regulation; Chapter 7. Mechanisms of Intracellular pH Regulation; Chapter 8. The Membrane Na+ -K+ -ATPase in Cells; Chapter 9. Intracellular Calcium-Binding Proteins
Chapter 10. ATP-Ubiquitin-Mediated Protein DegradationChapter 11. Regulation of Cellular Functions by Extracellular Calcium; Chapter 12. The Basis of Intracellular Calcium Homeostasis in Eukaryotic Cells; Chapter 13. Roles of Polyamines in Cell Biology; Chapter 14. Free Radicals in Cell Biology; INDEX
Summary This volume illustrates the extent to which the traditional distinction between biochemical and physiological processes is being obliterated by molecular biology. It can hardly be doubted that the revolution in cell and molecular biology is leading to core knowledge that provides an outline of the integrative and reductionist approach. We view this as the beginning of a new era, that of the integration of learning. As in the preceding volumes, the choice of topics has been deliberate not only because of the need to keep the volume within reasonable bounds but also because of the need to avoid information over-load. Several relevant topics are dealt with in other modules; for example, the role of G proteins in transmembrane signalling is covered in the Membranes and Cell Signalling module (i.e., Volume 7). Omissions are of course inevitable but they are minor. A case in point is the subject of phosphatases, the treatment of which does not take into account calcineurin. One of the key functions of this Ca2+ -activated protein phosphatase that is also regulated by calmodulin is to desphosphorylate voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. The mere recognition of such omissions before or after consulting textbooks and journals should be a spur to a more complete discussion by the student of the subject in a small group teaching setting
Analysis Cells
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 28, 2020)
Subject Cytochemistry.
Cell physiology.
Cells -- chemistry
Histocytochemistry
Cell Physiological Phenomena
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Cell Biology.
Cell physiology
Cytochemistry
Form Electronic book
Author Bittar, E. Edward.
Bittar, Neville.
LC no. 95033561
ISBN 9781559388061
1559388064
9780080528748
0080528740
1281187011
9781281187017
9786611187019
6611187014