Calpain : pharmacology and toxicology of calcium-dependent protease /

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Imprint:Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis, c1999.
Description:xiv, 448 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4269942
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Other authors / contributors:Wang, Kevin K. W.
Yuen, Po-Wai.
ISBN:1560327138 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributing Authors
  • Preface
  • 1.. The Calpain Superfamily
  • 2.. Structure of Calpastatin and Its Inhibitory Control of Calpain
  • 3.. Expression of Calpain in Bacteria and in Insect Cells
  • 4.. Structure and Assembly of the Calcium-Binding Domains of Calpain
  • 5.. Calpain Substrates, Assay Methods, Regulation, and Its Inhibitory Agents
  • 6.. Calpain in Signal Transduction
  • 7.. The Calpain System in Muscle Tissue
  • 8.. Involvement of Calpains in Cell Cycle G[subscript 1]-to S-Phase Progression
  • 9.. Calpain in Excitotoxicity, Cerebral Ischemia, and Neuronal Apoptosis
  • 10.. The Contribution of Calpain Proteolysis to Neuronal Death Following Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 11.. The Pathophysiological Role of Calpain in Spinal Cord Injury
  • 12.. Calpain-Mediated Proteolysis of Neuronal Structural Proteins
  • 13.. Calpain and Cerebrovascular Injury
  • 14.. Calpains in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease
  • 15.. Calpain and Apoptosis in the Immune System
  • 16.. The Role of Calpain in Renal Proximal Tubular and Hepatocyte Injury
  • 17.. Calpains in the Lens of the Eye
  • 18.. Calpain Activation and Expression in Toxicant Injury
  • 19.. Calpain 3 (p94) in Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A
  • 20.. Genetic Analysis of Calpain Isoform Function in Skeletal Muscle: New Strategies to Study Protease Function
  • 21.. Crustacean Calcium-Dependent PRoteinases
  • 22.. Calpains in Drosophila and Mammals: Structure and Implications in Neuronal Function
  • Index