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| signal transduction pathway |
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| a series of steps by which a signal on a cell's surface is converted into a specific cellular response |
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| messenger molecules that travel only short distances |
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| used in long-distance signaling, plants and animal |
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| first stage of cell signaling |
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| second step in cell signaling |
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| third step in cell signaling |
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| G-prtein-coupled receptor |
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| the largest family of cell-surface receptors |
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| acts as an on ad off switch for GCPR |
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| membranes receptors that attach phosphates to tyrosines |
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| receptor acts as a gate when the receptor changes shape |
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| trasfer phosphates from ATP to protein in a process called phosphorylation |
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| remove the phosphates from proteins a process called dephosporylation |
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| small, nonprotein, water solluble molecules or ions that spread throughout a cell by diffusion |
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| one of the most widely used second messengers |
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| an enzyme in the plasma membrane converts ATP to cAMP in response to extracellular signal |
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| large relay proteins to wich other proteins are attached |
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| programmed or controlled cell suicide |
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