Protein phosphorylation and signal transduction.
Protein phosphorylation and signal transduction.
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DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4613-0343-5_5
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发表时间:
1996
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通讯作者:
Sailen Barik
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作者:
Sailen Barik
The phenotype and behavior of a cell, just as those of the organism in which it resides, are constantly influenced by a variety of external signals that eventually determine such apparently diverse phenomena as cellular taxis, proliferation, differentiation, and even death (apoptosis). The corresponding extracellular signals are equally varied, eg, nutrient flux, hormones, peptide growth factors, interferons and other cytokines, and antigens. The term" signal transduction" refers to the acquisition and subsequent transmission of a given signal. In analogy to electronic data-processing operations, signal transduction in living cells can be conceptually dissected into the following basic steps: receiving of the signal; conversion of the signal to the macromolecular language of the cell; amplification and conduction of the primary signal through a series of interactive transducers, sometimes followed by dampening of the signal to restore the preexcited state; and finally execution. The pathway, in general, begins with cell surface receptors and ends in the cell nucleus with proteins that regulate gene transcription. In between, each protein component of the pathway integrates