SECOND MESSENGER


Meaning of SECOND MESSENGER in English

Biochem.

any of various intracellular chemical substances, as cyclic AMP, that transmit and amplify the messages delivered by a first messenger to specific receptors on the cell surface. Cf. first messenger .

[ 1960-65 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .