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Cell signaling at a glance
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Signal transduction pathways
27 related topics
Receptors
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Extracellular signal
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Taxonomic range
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Overview
- British English
- Biological process
- Cell Cell (biology)
- Organism
- Receptor ligands Ligand (biochemistry)
- Receptor Receptor (biochemistry)
- Pressure
- Membrane potential
- Temperature
- Molecules Molecule
- Ions Ion
- Lipid
- Peptides Peptide
- Carbohydrates Carbohydrate
- Nucleic acids Nucleic acid
- Membranes Cell membrane
- Autocrine
- Intracrine signaling Intracrine
- Juxtacrine
- Paracrine
- Endocrine Endocrine signaling
- Hormones Hormone
- Cytoplasm
- Organelles Organelle
- Nucleus Cell nucleus
- Cell surface receptors Cell surface receptor
- G protein-coupled receptors G protein-coupled receptor
- Domains Protein domain
- Enzyme-linked receptors Enzyme-linked receptor
- Intracellular receptors Intracellular receptor
Taxonomic range
- Quorum sensing
- Aliivibrio fischeri
- Produces light Bioluminescence
- Slime molds Slime mold
- Acrasin
- Chemotaxis
- Cyclic AMP
- Polysphondylium violaceum
- Glorin Dipeptide
- Extracellular space
- Chemical synapses Chemical synapse
- Electrical synapses Electrical synapse
Extracellular signal
- Phospholipids Phospholipid
- Amino acids Amino acid
- Monoamines Monoamine
- Gases Gaseous signaling molecules
- Hydrophilic
- TRH
- Vasopressin
- Acetylcholine
- Glucocorticoids Glucocorticoid
- Thyroid hormones Thyroid hormone
- Cholecalciferol
- Endocrine cells Endocrine cell
- Plant hormones Plant hormone
- Hydrogen sulfide
- Nitric oxide Biological functions of nitric oxide
- Carbon monoxide
Receptors
- Second messengers Second messenger
- Embryo
- Uterus
- Gastrointestinal tract
- Epithelial Epithelium
- Immune system
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Mating Mating of yeast
- Trans-membrane Transmembrane protein
- Change conformation Conformational change
- Ion channel linked receptors Ligand-gated ion channels
- G protein–coupled receptors G protein–coupled receptor
- Nuclear receptor
- DNA binding proteins. DNA-binding protein
- Steroid hormone receptors Steroid hormone receptor
- Cytosol
- Plasma membrane
- Steroid hormones Steroid hormone
Mechanisms of Receptor Down-Regulation
- Receptor mediated endocytosis Receptor-mediated endocytosis
- Down regulation Downregulation and upregulation
- Endosome
Signal transduction pathways
- GABA Gamma-Aminobutyric acid
- GABAA receptor
- Chloride-selective ion channel Chloride channel
- Action potentials Action potential
- Physiological Physiology
- Protein–protein interactions Protein–protein interaction
- Cell cycle
- Divide Cell division
- Kinases Kinase
- Epidermal growth factor
- EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
- Adaptor protein Signal transducing adaptor protein
- GRB2
- Mitogen-activated protein kinase
- MAPK/ERK pathway
- Protein kinase
- Phosphate
- Transcription factor
- MYC C-myc
- Hedgehog protein Hedgehog (cell signaling)
- Cytoskeleton
- Protein synthesis Protein biosynthesis
- Dormant state Dormancy
- Virulence
- Bacteriophages Bacteriophage
- Autoinducers Autoinducer
- Evolution
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Cell signaling
Top relations
related to External links · 12
Cell signaling → Cell, ChIP-Seq, Communication, Intercellular, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library, NCI-Nature Pathway Interaction Database, Peptides, Proteins, Signaling, Signaling Pathways Project
see also · 5
Cell signaling → Bacterial, Biology Open LanguageNanoscale, Scaffold, Signaling Technology, STAT
is a · 1
Cell signaling → fundamental property of all forms of life
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
cell receptors signaling receptor signal proteins cells molecules ligand membrane protein intracellular chemical hormones specific endocrine paracrine binding extracellular surface
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cell signaling | is a | fundamental property of all forms of life | 0.90 | text |
| pressure | instance of | but can also be physical cues | 0.80 | text |
| voltage | instance of | but can also be physical cues | 0.80 | text |
| temperature | instance of | but can also be physical cues | 0.80 | text |
| or light | instance of | but can also be physical cues | 0.80 | text |
| steroid hormones | instance of | liposoluble chemicals | 0.80 | text |
| can diffuse passively across the plasma membrane | instance of | liposoluble chemicals | 0.80 | text |
| interact with intracellular receptors.Cell signaling can be classified as autocrine | instance of | liposoluble chemicals | 0.80 | text |
| intracrine | instance of | liposoluble chemicals | 0.80 | text |
| juxtacrine | instance of | liposoluble chemicals | 0.80 | text |
| paracrine | instance of | liposoluble chemicals | 0.80 | text |
| or endocrine | instance of | liposoluble chemicals | 0.80 | text |
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.Cell signaling
Nodes253
Edges252
Triples76
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007905
Components1
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