Transduction Mechanisms in Cellular Signaling: Cell Signaling Collection

Cytosol, the liquid found inside cells, is the site for multiple cell processes, including signaling from the cell membrane to sites within the cell. Cytosolic signaling mechanisms are researched and studied in graduate programs in cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, molecular and cellular physiology, pharmacy, and biomedical sciences.

Articles written and edited by experts in the fieldThematic volume covering material needed for young professionals joining the field of research and graduate students taking survey coursesUp-to-date research on signaling systems and mutations in transcription factors that provide new targets for treating disease

Volume two includes 183 chapters divided in 8 sections, including:

Section A: Protein Phosphorylation

56 Eukaryotic Kinomes: Genomics and Evolution of Protein Kinases

57 Modular Protein Interaction Domains in Cellular Communication

58 Structures of Serine/Threonine and Tyrosine Kinases

59 Protein Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Signaling Overview

60 Signaling by the Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Family

61 The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family

62 Mechanisms and Functions of Eph Receptor Signaling

63 Cytokine Receptor Signaling

64 The Negative Regulation of JAK/STAT signaling

65 Protein Kinase Inhibitors

66 Integrin Signaling: Cell Migration, Proliferation, and Survival

67 Downstream Signaling Pathways: Modular Interactions

68 Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in T Cell Antigen Receptor Function

69 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling and Ubiquitination

70 TGFb Signal Transduction

71 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

72 Recognition of Phospho-Serine/Threonine Phosphorylated Proteins

73 AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

74 Principles of Kinase Regulation

75 Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II

76 Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3

77 The PIKK Family of Protein Kinases

78 Histidine Kinases in Two-Component Signaling Pathways

79 The EF2K/MHCK/TRPM7 Family of Atypical Protein Kinases

80 The Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Protein Kinases of Arabidopsis thaliana

81 Engineering Protein Kinases with Specificity for Unnatural Nucleotides and Inhibitors

82 Clinical Applications of Kinase Inhibitors in Solid Tumors

83 Ubiquitin-Mediated Regulation of Protein Kinases in NFκB Signaling

84 Global Analysis of Phosphoregulatory Networks

Section B: Protein Dephosphorylation

85 Phosphatase Families Dephosphorylating Serine and Threonine Residues in Proteins

86 The Structure and Topology of Protein Serine/Threonine Phosphatases

87 Naturally Occurring Inhibitors of Protein Serine/Threonine Phosphatases

88 Protein Phosphatase 1 Binding Proteins

89 Protein Serine/Threonine Phosphatase Inhibitors and Human Disease

90 Calcineurin

91 Protein Serine/Threonine-Phosphatase 2C (PP2C)

92 Approaches to the Identification of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Substrates

93 Inhibitors of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases

94 Regulating Receptor PTP Activity

95 CD45