Neurotox ’91 Molecular Basis of Drug & Pesticide Action /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Duce, I.R. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edición:1st ed. 1992.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2898-8
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1 Natural Products
  • 1 Philanthotoxin-433 and Analogs, Noncompetitive Antagonists of Glutamate and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
  • 2 Spider Neurotoxins as Tools for the Investigation of Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission
  • 3 Probing Calcium Channels with Venom Toxins
  • 4 Conus Peptides and Biotechnology
  • 5 Natural and Synthetic Toxins at Insect Receptors and Ion Channels: The Search for Insecticide Leads and Target Sites
  • 6 Avermectins: Idiosyncratic Toxicity in a Subpopulation of Collie Dogs
  • Section 2 Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Insects and Nematodes
  • 7 The GABA Activated Cl- Channel in Insects as Target for Insecticide Action: A Physiological Study
  • 8 Pharmacology of the Ascaris Nervous System
  • 9 Chemical Intercellular Signalling Mechanisms in the Nervous System of the Nematode Ascaris suum: Potential Sites of Actions of New Generations of Anthelmintic Drugs
  • 10 The Peptidergic Neuron: Possible New Molecular Targets
  • Section 3 Applications of Molecular Biology
  • 11 Cloning Nematode Acetylcholine Receptor Genes
  • 12 The Molecular Biology of Potassium Channels and Mutations that Alter the Selectivity of the Pore
  • 13 FMRFamide-Related Peptides: Organisation and Expression of the Gene in the Snail Lymnaea
  • 14 Expression of Neurotransmitter Receptors in Insect Cells Using Baculovirus Vectors
  • 15 Functional Expression in Xenopus Oocytes of Invertebrate Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
  • Section 4 Molecular Structure
  • 16 NMR Approaches to Protein Structure and Function
  • 17 From Molecular Biology to Molecular Modelling: The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
  • Section 5 Resistance Mechanisms
  • 18 Mechanisms of Resistance to Pyrethroids and DDT in a Japanese Strain of the Housefly
  • 19 Isolation of Insect Genes Coding for Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channels and Ligand-Gated Chloride Channels by PCR-Based Homology Probing
  • 20 Cloning of an Invertebrate GAB A Receptor from the Cyclodiene Resistance Locus in Drosophila
  • Section 6 Neuronal Networks and Behaviour
  • 21 Integration in Neuronal Networks that Control Movement
  • 22 Neuromodulation of Small Neural Networks in Crustacea
  • 23 Olfaction in Manduca sexta: Cellular Mechanisms of Responses to Sex Pheromone
  • 24 Molecular Determinants of Pheromone Activity
  • Epilogue: P. N. R. Usherwood
  • Author Index.