Cellular communication is an umbrella term used in
biologyBiology is the natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy...
and more indepth in
biophysicsBiophysics is an interdisciplinary science that employs and develops theories and methods of the physical sciences for the investigation of biological systems . Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms...
and
biochemistryBiochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
to identify different types of communication methods between living cells. Some of the methods include
cell signalingCell signaling is part of a complex system of communication that governs basic cellular activities and coordinates cell actions. The ability of cells to perceive and correctly respond to their microenvironment is the basis of development, tissue repair, and immunity as well as normal tissue...
among others. The Journal of 'Cell Communication and Signaling', often synthesizes research on this topic.
Intercellular communication refers to the communication between cells.
Intracellular communication refers to the communication within one cell.
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Cellular communication is an umbrella term used in
biologyBiology is the natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy...
and more indepth in
biophysicsBiophysics is an interdisciplinary science that employs and develops theories and methods of the physical sciences for the investigation of biological systems . Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms...
and
biochemistryBiochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
to identify different types of communication methods between living cells. Some of the methods include
cell signalingCell signaling is part of a complex system of communication that governs basic cellular activities and coordinates cell actions. The ability of cells to perceive and correctly respond to their microenvironment is the basis of development, tissue repair, and immunity as well as normal tissue...
among others. The Journal of 'Cell Communication and Signaling', often synthesizes research on this topic.
Intercellular communication
Intercellular communication refers to the communication between cells.
Intracellular communication
Intracellular communication refers to the communication within one cell.
Additional reading
Books
- Cox, Rody P., 1926-). [1974]. Cell communication, edited by Rody P. Cox. New York, Wiley. ISBN 0471181358
- Cell communication in health and disease : readings from Scientific American magazine / edited by Howard Rasmussen. New York : Freeman, c1991. xii, 185 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. ISBN 0716722240
- Cell communication in nervous and immune system / [edited by] Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Constanze I. Seidenbecher, Burkhart Schraven. 1st ed. New York : Springer, 2006. ISBN 3540368280.
Journals
- Cell adhesion & communication. Yverdon, Switzerland ; New York : Harwood Academic Publishers, 1993-c2000. Vol. 1, issue 1 (May 1993)-v. 7, no. 6 (2000). ISSN: 1061-5385
- Cell communication & adhesion. Basingstoke, Hants, UK : Harwood Academic Publishers, c2001-). Vol. 8, issue 1 (2001)- ISSN: 1541-9061
- Friedman, Michael, 1955-). Cell communication : understanding how information is stored and used in cells / Michael Friedman and Brett Friedman. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2005. ISBN 1404203192
- Intercellular communication / edited by Feliksas Bukauskas. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York, N.Y., USA : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin’s Press, c1991. ISBN 0719032695
- Intercellular communication / edited by Walmor C. De Mello. New York : Plenum Press, c1977. Description: ISBN 0306309580
- International Leucocyte Culture Conference (15th : 1982 : Asilomar and Pacific Grove, Calif.) Intercellular communication in leucocyte function : proceedings of the 15th International Leucocyte Culture Conference, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, December 1982 / [edited by] John W. Parker and Richard L. O’Brien. Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1984. ISBN 047190161X :
- Fleming, Andrew J.(Ed.). (2005). Intercellular communication in plants. Oxford : Blackwell. ISBN 1405120681
- Intercellular communication in plants : studies on plasmodesmata / edited by B. E. S. Gunning and A. W. Robards.Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1976. ISBN 0387075704
- Intercellular communication through gap junctions / editors, Y. Kanno ... [et al.]. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1995. ISBN 0444819290
Articles
See also
- Communication
Communication is a process of transferring information from one entity to another. Communication processes are sign-mediated interactions between at least two agents which share a repertoire of signs and semiotic rules. Communication is commonly defined as "the imparting or interchange of...
- Biochemistry
Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
- Biophysics
Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that employs and develops theories and methods of the physical sciences for the investigation of biological systems . Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms...
- Translation (biology)
- Consciousness
Consciousness is subjective experience or awareness or wakefulness or the executive control system of the mind. It is an umbrella term that may refer to a variety of mental phenomena...