Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology (Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, 147)

Front Matter....Pages i-iv Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from structure to brain function....Pages 1-46 Cytochrome c oxidase — structure, function, and physiology of a redox-driven molecular machine....Pages 47-74 Peroxisome biogenesis....Pages 75-121 Channel-tunnels: outer membrane components of type I secretion systems and multidrug efflux pumps of Gram-negative bacteria....Pages 122-165 Back Matter....Pages 167-168 In this volume of Reviews of Physiology there are three outstanding contributions, the first on Selenium-containing proteins in mammals and other forms of life, and the second on constitutively active and G-protein coupled inward rectifier K+ channels: Kir2.0 and Kir3.0 and the third on Chloroplast quest: a journey from the cytosol into the chloroplast and beyond Ligand-gated ion channels mediate fast synaptic transmission in the central nervous system (CNS) and at ganglionic and neuromuscular synapses. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology 147