Signal transduction

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Following a receptor activation by a signal,

A signal transduction pathway is initiated

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signal transduction pathway

a sequence of events that lead to a cellular response

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autocrine signals

affect the same cells that releases them

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paracrine signals

diffuse to and affect nearby cells

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inxtacrine signals

requires direct contact between signaling and responding cell

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hormones

travel to distant cells

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synaptic signaling 

consists of an electrical signal moving along a nerve cell that triggers secretion of neurotransmitter molecules

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a signal transduction pathways sequence involves

a signal, a receptor, and a response