a: Signal transduction ~
b: a relay race

What:

"Signal transduction is like a relay race. For example, a cell surface receptor protein might detect a growth factor. The receptor will pass along the information that it has "seen" a growth factor outside of the cell."


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Writer: Erin Cram, Grad student, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of CA, Berkeley
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Date: Dec 2 2017 4:55 PM


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