Essays Tagged: "Cyclic adenosine monophosphate"

Steroid and non-steroid hormones differ in how they affect target cells. Describe the mechanisms involved using specific examples of each. How is it that hormones affect some cells and not others?

plasma membrane. These hormones influence cytoplasmic activities through a second messenger, cAMP (cyclic adenosine monophosphate), which in turn affects the cellular biochemistry and metabolism. Sec ...

(1 pages) 28475 2 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

What are the different ways, physiological and pharmacological, in which blood vessel diameter can be modified? Angelina Lorenos

ng is prevented, resulting in decreased blood vessel diameter.Imipramine is used clinically as a tricyclic (based on the dibenzazepine ring structure) antidepressant. This pharmacological agent preven ...

(5 pages) 49 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Phosphorylation in Yeast.

kinases along with A ones which are a family of enzymes whose activity is dependent on the level of cyclic AMP. Protein kinase A has several functions in cell like glycogen and lipid metabolism. A bri ...

(8 pages) 1946 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry