Cellular Communication Vocabulary Crossword Match the word to the definition.

Strengthening of stimulus energy during transduction.
Convert (a substance, molecule, etc.) into a reactive form.
The bulging out of a part of a cell below the plasma membrane or expansion of air-filled tissue, as occurs in the lungs in bullous emphysema.
Process of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms.
A common biochemical process in which a phosphate group is removed from an organic compound through hydrolysis.
Occurs when endocrine cells release hormones that act on distant target cells in the body.
Monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.
Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, are a family of proteins that act as molecular switches inside cells, and are involved in transmitting signals from a variety of stimuli outside a cell to its interior.
Seven-transmembrane domain receptors, 7TM receptors, heptahelical receptors, serpentine receptor, and G protein–linked receptors (GPLR), constitute a large protein family of receptors, that detect molecules outside the cell and activate internal signal transduction pathways and, ultimately, cellular responses.
Generated by one of the enzymes in the citric acid cycle.
A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or organs.
Substance that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.
Ionotropic receptors, are a group of transmembrane ion channel proteins which open to allow ions such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, and/or Cl− to pass through the membrane in response to the binding of a chemical messenger, such as a neurotransmitter.
Form of cell-to-cell communication in which a cell produces a signal to induce changes in nearby cells, altering the behavior or differentiation of those cells.
The transferring of phosphoryl group from a donor to the recipient molecule.
Sequence of events where one enzyme phosphorylates another, causing a chain reaction leading to the phosphorylation of thousands of proteins.
Kinase enzyme that modifies other proteins by chemically adding phosphate groups to them (phosphorylation).
An enzyme that removes a phosphate group from the phosphorylated amino acid residue of its substrate protein.
System of stimuli and response correlated to population density.
Target cell's detection of a signal via binding of a signaling molecule, or ligand.
Any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
The high-affinity cell surface receptors for many polypeptide growth factors, cytokines, and hormones.
Crucial regulators of many key signaling pathways.
Similar to paracrine signaling but there is a special structure called the synapse between the cell originating and the cell receiving the signal.
A set of chemical reactions in a cell that occurs when a molecule, such as a hormone, attaches to a receptor on the cell membrane.
Molecules that relay signals received at receptors on the cell surface — such as the arrival of protein hormones, growth factors, etc. — to target molecules in the cytosol and/or nucleus.
Process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector.
Can control different processes in the cell including the cell cycle.
Messenger of neurologic information from one cell to another.