New Developments in Lipid-Protein Interactions and Receptor Function

Chapter 1 Intracellular Ca 2+ Stores: Why, Where and How?

Chapter 2 The Metabolic Fates and Cellular Functions of Myoinositol

Chapter 3 Activation Mechanisms of Phospholipase C Isozymes

Chapter 4 Tumor Necrosis Factor Cytotoxicity is Associated with Activation of Cellular Phospholipases

Chapter 5 Relationship between Phospholipase C, Tyrosine-Kinases and Cytoskeleton in Thrombin-Stimulated Platelets

Chapter 6 Lipid Modifications of GTP-Binding Regulatory Proteins

Chapter 7 Lysophosphatidic Acid as a Lipid Mediator: Signal Transduction and Receptor Identification

Chapter 8 The Role of Lipoprotein Receptors in the Growth of Chicken Oocytes

Chapter 9 Modulation of Opioid Receptor Function by Membrane Lipids

Chapter 10 A Pharmacological Approach to Identify Hormone Signaling Pathways Controlling Gene Regulation in Dictyostelium

Chapter 11 Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol: Role in Neurotrophic Factors Signalling

Chapter 12 Pharmacological, Electrophysiological and Molecular Analysis of a Dopamine Receptor in a Specific Subset of Neurons in the Central Nervous System of the Pond Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis

Chapter 13 Regulation of Gene Expression in Rodent Hepatocytes

Chapter 14 Transcription Factor Crem: A Key Element of the Nuclear Response to cAMP

Chapter 15 Three-Dimensional Structure of the Human Retinoic Acid Receptor-β DNA Binding Domain: Implications for DNA-Binding

Chapter 16 Molecular Genetics of Plasma Lipid Transfer Proteins

Chapter 17 Targeting Signals and Mechanisms of Protein Insertion into Membranes

Chapter 18 Recognition of Precursor Proteins by the Mitochondrial Protein Import Apparatus

Chapter 19 A Short N-Terminal Domain of Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase is Involved in Octamer Formation but not in Membrane Binding

Chapter 20 Transmembrane Lipid Asymmetry in Eukaryotes

Chapter 21 Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Protein and Membrane Vesicle Flow

Chapter 22 Modification of Cellular Phospholipid Composition and Consequences for Membrane Structure and Function

Chapter 23 Phospholipid Headgroups as Sensors of Electric Charge

Chapter 24 Membrane Phospholipids Act as DNA/RNA Receptors during Formation of Specific DNA-Nuclear Membrane Contacts and Gene Expression: A Hypothesis Based on the Study of Interaction between Phospholipid Vesicles and DNA or Polynucleotides

Chapter 25 Mode of Phospholipid Binding to the Membrane Active Plant Toxin Phoratoxin-A

Chapter 26 Biosynthesis of Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Protein Anchors in African Trypanosomes

Chapter 27 The Effects of Oxygen-Derived Free Radicals on Lipids, Protein and their Interactions: Pathological Implications

Chapter 28 The Vitamin E Antioxidant Cycle in Health and Disease