LABBlood Sugar Regulation App
Blood glucose has to stay within a narrow range, and the pancreas keeps it there by releasing insulin…
Topic
Cell Communication
Cell communication explores how cells send, receive, and respond to chemical signals through receptors and signal transduction pathways. Following a signal from ligand binding to cellular response explains processes such as blood sugar regulation and cell cycle control.
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LABCell Cycle Simulator
Cells grow and divide through the cell cycle, a repeating sequence of growth, DNA replication and…
QUIZCell Differentiation Simulator
Every cell in a body carries the same DNA, yet a nerve cell and a muscle cell are nothing alike, because…
SIMCell Signaling Interactive
Cells must communicate to coordinate their activities, respond to their environment, and build complex…
GAMEGTS (Gram Theft Strepto)
A bacterium in the body faces a constant problem: find nutrients, avoid immune cells hunting it down,…
SIMReaction Diagram Sandbox
Metabolism is a web of linked reactions in which the product of one enzyme becomes the substrate of the…
SIMSignal Transduction Visualizer
Cells respond to hormones and other signals that cannot cross the membrane, so the message is caught by…