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Signal Transduction pathway
process which a signal on cell's surface is converted to a specific cellular response
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Paracrine signaling
Local signaling, one cell discharges molecules into the extracellular fluid around it.
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Synaptic signaling
local signaling...nerve cell releases into the synapse (right by)
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Hormonal Signaling
Long distance...hormone travels in bloodstream to target cells..all over body.
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Reception
the cell's detection of a signaling molecule coming from outside the cell.
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Transduction
the binding of the signaling molecule changes the receptor protein, this changes the signal to a form that can bring a cell response
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Response
a specific cellular response for to a cell signal
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Ligand
molecule that binds to another molecule, used in signaling
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Protein Kinase
name for enzyme that transfers phosphate groups from ATP to a protein
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Protein Phosphatases
enzymes that can rapidly remove phosphate groups from proteins
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