Signaling motifs and Weber's law.
New experimental and theoretical studies reported by Uri Alon, Marc Kirschner, and colleagues in this issue of Molecular Cell suggest that Weber's law of sensory perception may apply to a number of cell signaling processes.
Ferrell
James E
JE
Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA 94305-5174, USA. james.ferrell@stanford.edu
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D047108:Embryonic Development; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051153:Wnt Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014982:Xenopus laevis
D051153:Wnt Proteins; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases