title: [Membrane receptors and their enzymatic mechanisms of action. Associated endocrine diseases].
abstract: The cell, as a functional unit of a living individual, has the capacity to recognize signals from the extracellular compartment and to respond to these signals in a specific, precise and characteristic way. This review analyzes some membrane receptor mediated processes, characterized by a complex chain of events from the external signal to the induction of specific genes. Additionally, some endocrine diseases associated with molecular defects in some of these stages are analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Materno-Infantil, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000201:enzymology*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins