Chapter 17. Intercellular Communication
Published Online: 27 JAN 2004
DOI: 10.1002/047146158X.ch17
Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Cell Biology: A Short Course, Second Edition
Additional Information
How to Cite
Bolsover, S. R., Hyams, J. S., Shephard, E. A., White, H. A. and Wiedemann, C. G. (2004) Intercellular Communication, in Cell Biology: A Short Course, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/047146158X.ch17
Publication History
- Published Online: 27 JAN 2004
- Published Print: 14 NOV 2003
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471263937
Online ISBN: 9780471461586
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Keywords:
- transmitter;
- hormone;
- receptor;
- summation
Summary
Animal cells integrate their behavior by exchanging chemical messages. Transmitters can be divided into hormones, paracrine transmitters and synaptic transmitters. They act at one of ionotropic cell surface receptors, metabotropic cell surface receptors, or intracellular receptors. The gastrocnemius muscle in the leg illustrates these mechanisms, at time scales ranging from the millisecond signaling controlling contraction to the long-lived signal pathways controlling growth of skeletal muscle cells and blood vessels.