GENERAL FEATURES OF HORMONE SYSTEMS AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Part of “CHAPTER 4 – HORMONAL ACTION“ Multicellular organisms use intercellular communication mechanisms to ensure their survival by coordinating the responses necessary…
HORMONAL ACTION Daryl K. Granner GENERAL FEATURES OF HORMONE SYSTEMS AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Related posts: FUTURE PROSPECTS DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE HYPOPITUITARISM ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE HYPERSECRETION DIABETES INSIPIDUS
GENERATION OF DIVERSITY Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ A major example of the generation of diversity is the calcitonin and calcitonin gene–related peptide (CGRP)…
REGULATION OF POLYPEPTIDE HORMONE SYNTHESIS Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ Regulation of the biosynthesis of polypeptides may occur at any of the biosynthetic levels…
SECRETORY GRANULE Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ Much has been learned about the nature of polypeptide hormones and secretory granules.55,59,60 The hormones in this…
POSTTRANSLATION Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ Up to the translational and cotranslational steps in the ER, all secretory, membrane, lysosome, endogenous ER, and Golgi…
TRANSLATION Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ The structure of mRNA is shown in Figure 3-10. The exons encode two major regions of the mRNA:…
RNA TRANSPORT Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ Related posts: FUTURE PROSPECTS DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE CALCIUM BALANCE DURING PREGNANCY PREVALENCE OF ERECTILE…
MESSENGER RNA PROCESSING Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ The hnRNA product of gene transcription is rapidly processed in the nucleus with a half-time (t1/2)…
