Drug Receptors and Their Effectors : Biological Council Symposium Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-4 Potassium channels and the muscarinic receptor in the sino-atrial node of the heart....Pages 5-22 Interactions of muscarinic receptors with guanine nucleotides and adenylate cyclase....Pages 23-34 NG108-15 opiate receptors: characterization as binding sites and regulators of adenylate cyclase....Pages 35-49 Phospholipid methylation and receptor-mediated transmission of biological signals through membranes....Pages 51-57 Implantation of hormone receptors: fusion of membrane components with cell membranes....Pages 59-62 Hormonal control of ion permeability of the pancreatic acinar cell membrane mediated by intracellular calcium....Pages 63-73 Phosphatidylinositol metabolism and calcium gating in a 5-HT receptor system....Pages 75-85 Interaction of fluorescent analogues of acetylcholine with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and acetylcholine esterase....Pages 87-95 Light-activated compounds as probes for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors....Pages 97-106 The kinetics of conductance changes at nicotinic receptors of the muscle end-plate and of ganglia....Pages 107-127 Adrenocorticotrophin-(1-24)-tetrakosipeptide spans lipid membranes: experiments with liposomes....Pages 129-131 Novel regulations in steroid action: role of receptor subunits and chromosomal proteins in nuclear binding....Pages 133-154 Biosynthesis and turnover of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors....Pages 155-163 The summing up....Pages 165-165 Back Matter....Pages 166-182