Recent Progress in Hormone Research

Recent Progress in Hormone Research, Volume 36 presents the proceedings of the 1979 Laurentian Hormone Conference. The book discusses seasonal breeding as nature's contraceptive; the neuroendocrine control of the menstrual cycle; and the heterogeneity of estrogen binding sites. The text also describes steroid hormone receptors in breast cancer treatment strategy; the multihormonal regulation of casein gene expression at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels in the mammary gland; and the hormonal domains of response. The organization and evolution of cloned globin genes; the synthesis, cloning, and expression of hormone genes in Escherichia coli; and ACTH, beta-lipotropin, and related peptides in the brain, pituitary, and blood are also considered. The book further tackles cortoic acids; hormones controlling insect metamorphosis; and the early events in the biosynthesis of secretory and membrane proteins. The text also looks into autoimmunity in endocrine disease and the regulation of peptide hormone receptors and gonadal steroidogenesis. Endocrinologists, reproductive biologists, physiologists, and biochemists will find the book invaluable.

Contenu

List of Contributors and Discussants
Preface

1. Seasonal Breeding: Nature's Contraceptive
2. The Neuroendocrine Control of the Menstrual Cycle
3. Heterogeneity of Estrogen Binding Sites: Relationship to Estrogen Receptors and Estrogen Responses
4. Steroid Hormone Receptors in Breast Cancer Treatment Strategy
5. Multihormonal Regulation of Casein Gene Expression at the Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Levels in the Mammary Gland
6. Hormonal Domains of Response: Actions of Glucocorticoid and Thyroid Hormones in Regulating Pleiotropic Responses in Cultured Cells
7. The Organization and Evolution of Cloned Globin Genes
8. Synthesis, Cloning, and Expression of Hormone Genes in Escherichia coli
9. ACTH, ß-Lipotropin, and Related Peptides in Brain, Pituitary, and Blood
10. Cortoic Acids: Explorations at the Frontier of Corticosteroid Metabolism
11. Hormones Controlling Insect Metamorphosis
12. Early Events in the Biosynthesis of Secretory and Membrane Proteins: The Signal Hypothesis
13. Human Growth Hormone: A Complex of Proteins
14. Autoimmunity in Endocrine Disease
15. Regulation of Peptide Hormone Receptors and Gonadal Steroidogenesis
    Subject Index