• Signal transduction: Molecular progress by which a chemical or physical signal is transmitted through a cell which results in a cellular response later on.
  • Receptor: Different proteins responsible for detecting stimuli.
  • Signaling pathway: Changes generated by ligand binding in the receptor which triggers a biochemical cascade results in a chain of biochemical events like phosphorylation,

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