Cell Biology (Molecular & Cell Biochemistry) - Hardcover

9. 2 Cell walls of flowering plants 287 Algal and protist cell walls 301 9. 3 9. 4 Fungal cells walls 304 Overview 305 9. 5 10 Animal hormones and local mediators 309 10. 1 Introduction 309 10. 2 Structure and classification of animal hormones and local mediators 309 10. 3 Structures of receptors in the cell membrane for hormones and local mediators 311 10. 4 Cyclic AMP as a second messenger 313 10. 5 Signalling by cyclic GMP: atrial naturetic peptides and nitric oxide 321 10. 6 Inositol trisphosphate and diacylglycerol as second messengers 322 10. 7 Receptors signalling through tyrosine phosphorylation 328 10. 8 Steroid hormones penetrate the cell membrane 330 10. 9 Overview 335 11 Plant hormones 339 11. 1 Introduction 339 11. 2 Biosynthesis and general effects of major plant hormones 342 11. 3 Mechanisms of plant hormone action 346 11. 4 Second messengers 351 11. 5 Other plant growth regulators 352 11. 6 Interactive effects of plant hormones 357 11. 7 Overview 358 12 Nerves, neurotransmitters and their receptors 361 12. 1 Introduction 361 12. 2 Resting potential 363 12. 3 Action potential 364 12. 4 Synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters and receptors 370 12. 5 The generation of action potentials by sensory stimuli 380 12. 6 Overview 388 13 Muscle contraction 391 13. 1 Introduction 391 The cell biology of skeletal muscle 392 13. 2 13. 3 Other muscle types 396 13. 4 Structural proteins of muscle 398 Energetics of muscle contraction 410 13.

Dr. E. J. Wood is Reader in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Leeds, UK.