Medical Definition of Signal response coupling

1. The cascade of processes by which an extracellular signal (typically a hormone or neurotransmitter) interacts with a receptor at the cell surface, causing a change in the level of a second messenger for example calcium or cyclic AMP) and ultimately effects a change in the cells functioning (for example: triggering glucose uptake or initiating cell division). Can also be applied to sensory signal transduction, for example of light at photoreceptors. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Signal Response Coupling

signal caller
signal detection
signal detection (psychology)
signal fire
signal flag
signal level
signal light
signal node
signal peptidase
signal peptidase complex
signal peptide
signal peptides
signal peptide p25-subunit IV cytochrome oxidase
signal recognition particle
signal recognition particle receptor
signal response coupling (current term)
signal sequence
signal transduction
signal void
signaries
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signate
signatories
signatory
signature
signature
signatures
signature recognition
signature sequence
signature tune

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