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Second Messenger Systems  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Intracellular Second Messenger
  • Intracellular Second Messengers
  • Messengers, Intracellular Second
  • Second Messenger, Intracellular
  • Second Messengers, Intracellular

Note

  • a metab concept; IM; coord with substance acting as the second messenger (IM) with /physiol or /antag as applicable

Scope note

  • Systems in which an intracellular signal is generated in response to an intercellular primary messenger such as a hormone or neurotransmitter. They are intermediate signals in cellular processes such as metabolism, secretion, contraction, phototransduction, and cell growth. Examples of second messenger systems are the adenyl cyclase-cyclic AMP system, the phosphatidylinositol diphosphate-inositol triphosphate system, and the cyclic GMP system.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015290

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