Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. 1. Signal transduction by the c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1
6. 2. Roles of the AMP-activated/SNFI protein kinase family in the response to cellular stress 13
7. 3. Making the connection: coupling of stress-activated ERK/MAPK (extracellular-signal-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase) core signalling modules to extracellular stimuli and biological responses 29
8. 4. Stress-activated MAP kinase (mitogen-activated protein kinase) pathways of budding and fission yeasts 49
9. 5. Protein kinase cascades in intracellular signalling by interleukin-1 and tumour necrosis factor 63
10. 6. Regulation of actin dynamics by stress-activated protein kinase 2 (SAPK2)-dependent phosphorylation of heat-shock protein of 27 kDa (Hsp27) 79
11. 7 DNA-dependent protein kinase and related proteins 91
12. 8. Stress-induced activation of the heat-shock response: cell and molecular biology of heat-shock factors 105
13. 9. Transcriptional regulation via redox-sensitive iron-sulphur centres in an oxidative stress response 119
14. 10. Adaptive responses to environmental chemicals 129
15. 11. Cellular response to cancer chemopreventive agents: contribution of the antioxidant responsive element to the adaptive response to oxidative and chemical stress 141
16. Index 169