New Developments in Lipid-Protein Interactions and Receptor Function

Components of Signal Transduction.- Intracellular Ca2+ Stores: Why, Where and How?.- The Metabolic Fates and Cellular Functions of Myoinositol.- Activation Mechanisms of Phospholipase C Isozymes.- Tumor Necrosis Factor Cytotoxicity Is Associated with Activation of Cellular Phospholipases.- Relationship between Phospholipase C, Tyrosine-Kinases and Cytoskeleton in Thrombin-Stimulated Platelets.- Lipid Modifications of GTP-Binding Regulatory Proteins.- Receptor Function and Regulation.- Lysophosphatidic Acid as a Lipid Mediator: Signal Transduction and Receptor Identification.- The Role of Lipoprotein Receptors in the Growth of Chicken Oocytes.- Modulation of Opioid Receptor Function by Membrane Lipids.- A Pharmacological Approach to Identify Hormone Signaling Pathways Controlling Gene Regulation in Dictyostelium.- Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol: Role in Neurotrophic Factors Signalling.- Pharmacological, Electrophysiological and Molecular Analysis of a Dopamine Receptor in a Specific Subset of Neurons in the Central Nervous System of the Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis.- Transcription Factors and Gene Regulation.- Regulation of Gene Expression in Rodent Hepatocytes.- Transcription Factor CREM: A Key Element of the Nuclear Response to cAMP.- Three-Dimensional Structure of the Human Retinoic Acid Receptor-? DNA Binding Domain: Implications for DNA-Binding.- Molecular Genetics of Plasma Lipid Transfer Proteins.- Biosynthesis, Insertion and Function of Membrane Components.- Targeting Signals and Mechanisms of Protein Insertion into Membranes.- Recognition of Precursor Proteins by the Mitrochondrial Protein Import Apparatus.- A Short N-Terminal Domain of Mitrochondrial Creating Kinase is Involved in Octamer Formation but not in Membrane Binding.- Transmembrane Lipid Asymmetry inEukaryotes.- Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Protein and Membrane Vesicle Flow.- Modification of Cellular Phospholipid Composition and Consequences for Membrane Structure and function.- Phospholipid Headgroups as Sensors of Electric Charge.- Membrane Phospholipids Act as DNA/RNA Receptors during Formation of Specific DNA-Nuclear Membrane Contacts and Gene Expression. A Hypothesis Based on the Study of Interaction between Phospholipid Vesicles and DNA or Polynucleotides.- Mode of Phospholipid Binding to the Membrane Active Plant Toxin Phoratoxin-A.- Biosynthesis of Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Protein Anchors in African Trypanosomes.- Membrane Peroxidation and Protection.- The Effects of Oxygen-Derived Free Radicals on Lipids, Protein and their Interactions: Pathological Implications.- The Vitamin E Antioxidant Cycle in Health and Disease.- Contributors.