| Name: | skeletal muscle |
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| Definition: | Muscle, composed of long cylindrical, multinucleated cells that attaches to the skeleton via tendons. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005277] |
| Name: | intracellular signal transduction |
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| Synonyms: | intracellular signal transduction pathway, intracellular signaling cascade, intracellular signaling pathway, signal transmission via intracellular cascade |
| Definition: | The process in which a signal is passed on to downstream components within the cell, which become activated themselves to further propagate the signal and finally trigger a change in the function or state of the cell. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0035556] QuickGO AmiGO |