Intracellular Messengers (International Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Therapeutics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080421849 ISBN 13: 9780080421841

Publisher: Pergamon Press, 1993

Synopsis

This important new reference work offers an outstanding collection of articles devoted to the discussion of "intracellular messengers". Extracellular stimuli ("first messengers") bind to receptors on the plasma membrane of cells to trigger changes in the concentration of intracellular messengers ("second messengers") which leads, in turn, to changes in cellular activity. However, the intracellular activities of so called "third messengers" may also be involved complicating the concept of a rigid sequence of events between receptor and response. The preference for the term "intracellular messengers", and, hence, the title of this volume, recognizes that a complex web of interactions between intercellular messengers determines the concentrations and ultimate effects of each.

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Product Description

491p hardcover, blue cloth, silver titles, from a Cambridge college library, first edition, usual library markings otherwise very good, appears little used, clean and firm

Review

An extensive review of current knowledge of intracellular information processing....comprehensive....[Offers] a valuable extension to 'classical' neurobiology and provides new tools in neurochemistry.-Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Edition details

• Publisher: Pergamon Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080421849
• ISBN 13: 9780080421841
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 491
• Editor: Taylor C.M.