BIOL130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Pertussis, Fetus, Diglyceride

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Signal transduction: conversion of an impulse or stimulus from one physical or chemical form to another. In cell biology, the process by which a cell responds to an extracellular signal. Target cells possess receptor proteins that recognize and respond specifically to the signal molecule. Signal transduction begins when the receptor protein on a target cell receives an incoming extracellular signal and converts it to the intracellular signals that alter cell behavior. Cell signalling: the molecular mechanisms by which cells detect and respond to external stimuli and send messages to other cells. In multicellular organisms, the most public" style of communication involves broadcasting the signal throughout the whole body by secreting it. Hormones: a chemical substance produced by one set of cells in a multicellular organism and transported via body fluids to target tissues on which it exerts a specific effect: cells that produces hormones are called endocrine cells. Part of the pancreas which is an endocrine gland.

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