Ebook: Nutrient-Induced Responses in Eukaryotic Cells
- Tags: Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry general
- Series: Topics in Current Genetics 7
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Cells of all living organisms have the ability to respond to altered nutritional conditions. They have developed mechanisms to sense nutrient availability and to produce appropriate responses, which involve changes in gene expression and the production or degradation of certain enzymes and other proteins. In recent years, the understanding of nutrient-induced signal transduction has greatly advanced and the emerging picture is that nutrient signalling mechanisms have evolved early in evolution. This book provides detailed presentation and comparison of the key nutritional regulatory mechanisms in lower as well as higher eukaryotes, written by recognised experts in this expanding field.
Cells of all living organisms have the ability to respond to altered nutritional conditions. They have developed mechanisms to sense nutrient availability and to produce appropriate responses, which involve changes in gene expression and the production or degradation of certain enzymes and other proteins. In recent years, the understanding of nutrient-induced signal transduction has greatly advanced and the emerging picture is that nutrient signalling mechanisms have evolved early in evolution. This book provides detailed presentation and comparison of the key nutritional regulatory mechanisms in lower as well as higher eukaryotes, written by recognised experts in this expanding field.
Cells of all living organisms have the ability to respond to altered nutritional conditions. They have developed mechanisms to sense nutrient availability and to produce appropriate responses, which involve changes in gene expression and the production or degradation of certain enzymes and other proteins. In recent years, the understanding of nutrient-induced signal transduction has greatly advanced and the emerging picture is that nutrient signalling mechanisms have evolved early in evolution. This book provides detailed presentation and comparison of the key nutritional regulatory mechanisms in lower as well as higher eukaryotes, written by recognised experts in this expanding field.
Content:
Introduction....Pages 1-3
1 Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms for the response to amino acid deprivation of mammalian cells....Pages 5-24
2 Nutrient sensing in animal cells and integration of nutrient and endocrine signalling pathways....Pages 25-64
3 Antagonists of the TOR pathway in animal cells....Pages 65-78
4 Nutrients as regulators of endocrine and neuroendocrine secretion....Pages 79-111
5 Nutrient signaling through mammalian GCN2....Pages 113-130
6 Nutrient control of dimorphic growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 131-169
7 Regulation of the yeast general amino acid control pathway in response to nutrient stress....Pages 171-199
8 Tor-signaling and Tor-interacting proteins in yeast....Pages 201-223
9 Integrated regulation of the nitrogen-carbon interface....Pages 225-257
10 Glucose regulation of HXT gene expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 259-275
11 Integration of nutrient signalling pathways in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 277-318