Molecular pharmacology from DNA to drug discovery /

• Other Authors: Dickenson, John
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Subjects: Molecular pharmacology.; MEDICAL > Drug Guides.; MEDICAL > Nursing > Pharmacology.; MEDICAL > Pharmacology.; MEDICAL > Pharmacy.; Molecular Targeted Therapy.; Pharmacogenetics > methods.; Drug Delivery Systems.; Drug Discovery.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to drug targets and molecular pharmacology
• Molecular cloning of drug targets
• G protein-coupled receptors
• Ion channels
• Transporter proteins
• Cystic fibrosis : alternative approaches to the treatment of a genetic disease
• Pharmacogenomics
• Transcription factors and gene expression
• Cellular calcium
• Genetic engineering of mice
• Signalling complexes : protein-protein interactions and lipid rafts
• Recombinant proteins and immunotherapeutics.