BIOL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Signal Transduction, Codocyte, Autophagy

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Local regulator: messenger molecules (type of ligand) secreted by signaling cell that travel short distances (ex. growth factors). Paracrine signaling: a cell releases ligands that travel short distances through ecf to numerous surrounding cells that can receive and respond to the molecules (growth factors) released in their vicinity. Includes electrical and chemical signals through the nervous system: reception. Target cell" s detection of a signaling molecule coming from outside the cell; a chemical signal is detected when the signaling molecule binds to a receptor protein located at the cells surface or inside the cell. Involves: ligand (any molecule that binds to another specific molecule) Receptor: a protein that binds a ligand and changes conformation or activity in response: transduction. The binding of the signaling molecule causes a shape change in the receptor molecule which initiates the process of transduction. The message is then relayed to other proteins within the cell that bring out a specific cellular response.

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