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Cell Communication

 
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Last revised: Thursday, October 7, 1999
Reading: Ch. 11 in text
Note: These notes are provided as a guide to topics the instructor hopes to cover during lecture. Actual coverage will always differ somewhat from what is printed here. These notes are not a substitute for the actual lecture!
Copyright 1999. Thomas M. Terry

Overview

Cells communicate by a variety of chemical signals

The three stages of cell signaling are reception, transduction, and response

Case Study: G-protein Linked Receptors

Some Features of Signal-Transduction Pathways

1. Protein phosphorylation

2. Amplification

3. Second Messengers



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