Cell Communication Crossword

process by which a signal on a cell's surface is converted to a specific cellular response is a series of steps.
a secreted molecule that influences cells near where it is secreted
specialized cell that travels in the body fluids and act on specific target cells in other parts of the body to change their functioning.
secreted molecules acting on a neighboring cell
junction where one neuron communicates with another cell across a narrow gap. Neurotransmitter molecules released by the neuron diffuse across the synapse relaying messages to other cells.
target cell's detection of a signaling molecule coming from outside the celltarget cell's detection of a signaling molecule coming from outside the cell
the binding of the signaling molecule changes the receptor protein in some way, sending a cell response.
the triggered cellular response
a molecule that specifically binds to another molecule
Signal receptor protein in the plasma membrane that responds to the binding of a signaling molecule by activating a G-Protein
GTP binding protein that relays signals from a plasma membrane signal receptor (G-Protein linked receptor) to other signal transduction proteins inside the cell.
spiral shape constituting one form of the secondary structure of proteins arising from a specific pattern of hydrogen bonding
2 receptor polypeptides dissociating closely with each other
an enzyme that transfers phosphate groups from an ATP to a protein, phosphorylating the protein
an enzyme that dephosphorylates proteins (opposite of protein kinase)
small, non-protein, water-soluble molecule or ion that relays a signal to a cell's interior response to a signaling molecule bound by a signal receptor protein
cyclic adenosine monophosphate that is a common second messenger signaling molecule in eurkaryotic cells and a regulator of some bacterial operons
an enzyme that converts ATP to cAMP in response to a signal
a protein pore in cell membranes that opens or closes in response to a ligand allowing or blocking the flow of specific ions
a series of different molecules in a pathway are phosphorylated in turn, each molecule adding a phosphate group to the next one in line