Cells signalling pathways

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Animal cells add a significant layer of complexity to the system due to their dependence on cell-matrix and cell-cell signaling pathways. Unicellular species such as bacteria and yeasts tend to grow and proliferate as fast as nutrients can be supplied. In fact, their growth rates are typically proportional to the amounts of nutrients available. By contrast, however, cells from multicellular organisms must develop mechanisms that include both nutrient supplies and signal pathways that control cell division. Thus, while nutrients are necessary for an animal cell to proliferate, the cell must receive stimulatory chemical signals from other, usually adjacent, cells. 

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Signal transduction (cell signaling) pathways. These pathways are typically defined by binding events, often protein-protein interactions, for the purpose of communicating information from one part of the cell to another. 

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