peptide signaling

 

 

External (plasma membrane) receptors

'soluble' hormones - polypeptides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'nuclear' receptors - transcription factors

 

Leírás: 15_003

 

 

 

 

specific gene's transcription

protein synthesis

new functions

 

a number: estrogen receptor contols >1,500 genes !

(complex response)