Drug Receptors and Their Effectors

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Potassium channels and the muscarinic receptor in the sino-atrial node of the heart....Pages 5-22
Interactions of muscarinic receptors with guanine nucleotides and adenylate cyclase....Pages 23-34
NG108-15 opiate receptors: characterization as binding sites and regulators of adenylate cyclase....Pages 35-49
Phospholipid methylation and receptor-mediated transmission of biological signals through membranes....Pages 51-57
Implantation of hormone receptors: fusion of membrane components with cell membranes....Pages 59-62
Hormonal control of ion permeability of the pancreatic acinar cell membrane mediated by intracellular calcium....Pages 63-73
Phosphatidylinositol metabolism and calcium gating in a 5-HT receptor system....Pages 75-85
Interaction of fluorescent analogues of acetylcholine with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and acetylcholine esterase....Pages 87-95
Light-activated compounds as probes for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors....Pages 97-106
The kinetics of conductance changes at nicotinic receptors of the muscle end-plate and of ganglia....Pages 107-127
Adrenocorticotrophin-(1-24)-tetrakosipeptide spans lipid membranes: experiments with liposomes....Pages 129-131
Novel regulations in steroid action: role of receptor subunits and chromosomal proteins in nuclear binding....Pages 133-154
Biosynthesis and turnover of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors....Pages 155-163
The summing up....Pages 165-165
Back Matter....Pages 166-182