"Second Messenger Systems" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Systems in which an intracellular signal is generated in response to an intercellular primary messenger such as a hormone or neurotransmitter. They are intermediate signals in cellular processes such as metabolism, secretion, contraction, phototransduction, and cell growth. Examples of second messenger systems are the adenyl cyclase-cyclic AMP system, the phosphatidylinositol diphosphate-inositol triphosphate system, and the cyclic GMP system.
| Descriptor ID |
D015290
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.820.800 G04.835.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Second Messenger Systems- Second Messenger Systems
- Second Messenger System
- System, Second Messenger
- Systems, Second Messenger
- Intracellular Second Messengers
- Intracellular Second Messenger
- Messengers, Intracellular Second
- Second Messenger, Intracellular
- Second Messengers, Intracellular
Second Messengers- Second Messengers
- Messenger, Second
- Messengers, Second
- Second Messenger
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