Second messenger: Small intracellular molecule like cAMP or calcium that amplifies a signal within the cell.
How to apply it: Use second messengers to explain how one ligand binding event triggers a large cellular response.
Course: AP Biology · Unit: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
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