Pathway Ontology

Last uploaded: October 21, 2024
Preferred Name

signaling pathway
Synonyms

Signal Transduction

Definitions

The pathways where a signal - hormone, neurotransmitter, growth factor, peptide, any molecule - triggers one or multiple cascades of events. This involves a number of molecules, including receptors, proteins, ligands, messengers, any participating molecule. A signaling pathway may be upstream or downstream of other signaling pathways. Signaling pathways control a very broad spectrum of processes as well as pathways. The definition was compiled based on a number of definitions available in various dictionaries.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PW_0000003

comment

The definition was compiled based on a number of definitions available in various dictionaries.

definition

The pathways where a signal - hormone, neurotransmitter, growth factor, peptide, any molecule - triggers one or multiple cascades of events. This involves a number of molecules, including receptors, proteins, ligands, messengers, any participating molecule. A signaling pathway may be upstream or downstream of other signaling pathways. Signaling pathways control a very broad spectrum of processes as well as pathways.

has_obo_namespace

pathway

has_related_synonym

Signal Transduction

id

PW:0000003

label

signaling pathway

notation

PW:0000003

prefLabel

signaling pathway

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PW_0000001

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PW_0000001

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