Written primarily for students embarking on an undergraduate bioscience
degree, this primer provides a clear introduction to the main aspects of
cell signalling in biological systems, demystifying the subject for
those new to the field.
The primer provides an overview of cell signalling and highlights its
importance in all organisms, before going on to describe the main
components of cell signalling and examples of signal transduction
pathways. The discussion then progresses on to key physiological
conditions in which cell signalling has an instrumental role: cancer,
apoptosis and diabetes. After getting to grips with the fundamentals of
the subject, Cell Signalling opens a discussion on the future of the
discipline, including how manipulation of cell signalling pathways is
seen as the biggest target for the pharmaceutical industry, and how crop
diseases, plant survival during stress, and post-harvest storage are all
influenced by cell signalling pathways.
Cell Signalling is supported by online resources and is available for
students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.
The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with
functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra
learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
The online resources include:
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