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cell communication
Biology Midterm 2
| Direct Interactions | -Gap Junctions/plasmodesmata -interactions between cell surface material |
| Local signaling | -cells release materials that diffuse -causes a response in nearby cells |
| Long Distance Signalling | -Response in cells distance from the 1st cell -hormones |
| cells must be able to | respond to environemental changes |
| sometimes these changes are signals from | other cells |
| outside signal must be converted to | internal response |
| first messenger | signalling molecule outside of the cell |
| receptors | -molecule on the surface that binds to external molecules -sense changes in the environment -usually span the membrane |
| Second messenger | -molecule w/in cells -cellular factors that bring about the response |
| Signal Transduction | -message must be passed from the membrane into the cell -often a series of steps -phosphorylation cascade |
| Response | -must be a cellular response -results in a change in gene expression in the nucleus -cloud activate (or inactuvate) and enzyme |