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| signal transduction theory |
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| a pathway linking mechanical or chemical stimulus to a speific cellular response. |
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| a chemical mesenger that influences cells in its vicinity |
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| any one of the many cirruculating chemical signals found in all multi-cellular organisms that are formed in specialized cells, travel in body fluids, and coordinate with various parts of the organism by interacting with target cells |
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| the taking in of other cells signals to preform its own function |
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