The melanocortin receptors /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
[2000]
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| Series: | Receptors.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Historical perspective
- Proopiomelanocortin and the melanocortin peptides / Alex N. Eberle
- Melanocortins and pigmentation / Aaron B. Lerner
- Melanocortins and adrenocortical function / Martine Bégeot, José M. Saez
- Effects of melanocortins in the nervous system / Roger A. H. Adan
- Peripheral effects of melanocortins / Bruce A. Boston
- Pt. 2. Characterization of the melanocortin receptors
- Melanocortin receptor expression and function in the nervous system / Jeffrey B. Tatro
- Cloning of the melanocortin receptors / Kathleen G. Mountjoy
- Pt. 3. Biochemical mechanism of receptor action
- The molecular pharmacology of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone: structure-activity relationships for melanotropins at melanocortin receptors / Victor J. Hruby, Guoxia Han
- In vitro mutagenesis studies of melanocortin receptor coupling and ligand binding / Carrie Haskell-Luevano
- Pt. 4. Receptor function
- The melanocortin-1 receptor / Dongsi Lu ... [et al.]
- The human melanocortin-1 receptor / Eugene Healy, Mark Birch-Machin, Jonathan L. Rees
- The melanocortin-2 receptor in normal adrenocortical function and familial adrenocorticotropic hormone resistance / Adrian J. L. Clark
- The melanocortin-3 receptor / Robert A. Kesterson
- The melanocortin-4 receptor / Roger D. Cone
- The melanocortin-5 receptor / Wenbiao Chen
- Pt. 5. Receptor regulation
- Regulation of the melanocortin receptors by agouti / William O. Wilkison
- Melanocortins and melanoma / Alex N. Eberle, Sylvie Froidevaux, Walter Siegrist
- Regulation of the mouse and human melanocortin-1 receptor / Zalfa Abdel-Malek
- Pt. 6. Future vistas
- Future vistas / Roger D. Cone