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second messenger
Intracellular effector substance increasing or decreasing as a result of the stimulation of a receptor by an agonist, considered as the ‘first messenger’.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Biology; Chemistry
- Category: Toxicology
- Company: National Library of Medicine
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Creator
- Walter Lane
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