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What is cell signaling?
What is cell signaling?
Cell signaling is the ability of a cell to receive, process, and transmit signals with its environment and with itself.
What are the types of signals that can originate from outside a cell?
What are the types of signals that can originate from outside a cell?
Signals that originate from outside a cell can be physical agents like mechanical pressure, voltage, temperature, light, or chemical signals.
How can cell signaling occur?
How can cell signaling occur?
Cell signaling can occur over short or long distances and can be classified as autocrine, juxtacrine, intracrine, paracrine, or endocrine.
Where are receptors generally located?
Where are receptors generally located?
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What role do receptors play in cell signaling?
What role do receptors play in cell signaling?
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