hey guys
is the overall process of signal reception, transduction and cellular response termed signal transduction?
I'm just confused how the overall process can share a name with a stage of it.
From my understanding of the stimulus respose model, I belive that signal transduction refers to the steps relaying the reception of a signal to the effector.
In relation to biology the stimulus response model involves a signal (usually a molecule) which interacts with a receptor protein. This causes
something to happen which results in the activation/production of an effector protein, which in turn brings about the response. Signal transuction, at least in my understanding, is what happens from the reception of a signal by the receptor protein to achive this effector protein.
Hope this helps and, if i am wrong, someone might be able to correct me.