Signal Transduction Pathways

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• What is the function of a signal transduction pathway?
• What is the signal transduction pathway in which multiple signals lead to the same type of protein product?
• Why is specificity between a receptor protein and a signal molecule important?
• What are the principles of tests used to study signal transduction?
• Why do many signal transduction pathways involve the protein kinase?
• How do drugs target specific signal transduction pathways and alter cellular response?
• How do signal transduction pathways occur?
• Can signal transduction pathways talk to each other?
• How were signal transduction pathways discovered?
• How are signal transduction pathways turned off?
• How do signal transduction pathways benefit cells?
• How do signal transduction pathways help control blood sugar?
• Why are signal transduction pathways important?
• Why are signal transduction pathways necessary?
• Why are signal transduction pathways often so complex?