Cell signaling: What is the signal and what information does it carry?

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4019-4024

  Brent, Roger ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell; Signaling

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CELL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; LIGAND BINDING; METAZOON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; YEAST;

ANIMALS; PHEROMONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

METAZOA;

EID: 71149086211     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.029     Document Type: Review

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