Bai Donglin - Gap Junction Channels and Hemichannels

Gap Junction Channels and Hemichannels

Published Titles

Gap Junction Channels and Hemichannels, Donglin Bai and Juan C. Sez

Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling, Xiaodong Cheng

TRP Channels, Michael Xi Zhu

Lipid-Mediated Signaling, Eric J. Murphy and Thad A. Rosenberger

Signaling by Toll-Like Receptors, Gregory W. Konat

Signal Transduction in the Retina, Steven J. Fliesler and Oleg G. Kisselev

Analysis of Growth Factor Signaling in Embryos, Malcolm Whitman and Amy K. Sater

Calcium Signaling, Second Edition, James W. Putney, Jr.

G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Structure, Function, and Ligand Screening, Tatsuya Haga and Shigeki Takeda

G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Tatsuya Haga and Gabriel Berstein

Signaling Through Cell Adhesion Molecules, Jun-Lin Guan

G Proteins: Techniques of Analysis, David R. Manning

Lipid Second Messengers, Suzanne G. Laychock and Ronald P. Rubin

Gap Junction Channels and Hemichannels

Edited by Donglin Bai and Juan C. Sez

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bai, Donglin, editor. | Saez, Juan Carlos, editor.

Title: Gap junction channels and hemichannels / edited by Donglin Bai and Juan C. Saez.

Other titles: Methods in signal transduction.

Description: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. | Series: Methods in signal transduction series | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016004060 | ISBN 9781498738620 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: | MESH: Gap Junctions | Connexins--genetics | Synaptic Transmission--physiology

Classification: LCC QH603.C4 | NLM QU 350 | DDC 571.6--dc23

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The concept of signal transduction is now long established as a central tenet of biological sciences. Since the inception of the field close to 50 years ago, the number and the varieties of signal transduction pathways, cascades, and networks have steadily increased and now constitute what is often regarded as a bewildering array of mechanisms by which cells sense and respond to extracellular and intracellular environmental stimuli. It is not an exaggeration to state that virtually every cell function is dependent on the detection, amplification, and integration of these signals. Moreover, there is increasing appreciation that in many disease states, aspects of signal transduction are critically perturbed.

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