a set of biochemical reactions and biomolecular interactions that convert a stimulus into a metabolic response. A signaling molecule initially binds to a receptor on the surface of the cell, which stimulates the activation of immediate early genes and second messenger molecules. This further activates enzymes that carry out larger-scale processes s...
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Signal transduction pathway: The course by which a signal from outside a cell is converted to a functional change within the cell.
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