"...provides an excellent resource to introduce the reader to many of the diverse areas and questions that drive research in the GCPR field." -TRENDS in Endocrinology and Metablosim

• GPCRs: Structure and Function.- Structure—Function Relationships in G Protein-Coupled Receptors.- Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Activation of Rhodopsin-Like Seven-Transmembrane Receptors.- GPCR Folding and Maturation.- Regulated Membrane Trafficking and Proteolysis of GPCRs.- GPCR Activity and Its Regulators.- Heterotrimeric G Proteins and Their Effector Pathways.- RGS Proteins.- G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases.- Regulators of GPCR Activity.- GPCR Interacting Proteins.- GPCR Dimerization/Oligomerization.- Biophysical and Biochemical Methods to Study GPCR Oligomerization.- Oligomerization Domains of G Protein-Coupled Receptors.- Functional Complementation and the Analysis of GPCR Dimerization.- The Role of Oligomerization in G Protein-Coupled Receptor Maturation.- Receptor Oligomerization and Trafficking.- Modulation of Receptor Pharmacology by G Protein-Coupled Receptor Dimerization.- Recent Developments in Drug Discovery.- Role of Heteromeric GPCR Interactions in Pain/Analgesia.- Conformational Plasticity of GPCR Binding Sites.- De-Orphanizing GPCRs and Drug Development.