Evolution of living organisms is closely connected with evolution of structure of the system of regulations and its mechanisms. The functional ground of regulations is chemical signalization. As early as in unicellular organisms there is a set of signal mechanisms providing their life activity and orientation in space and time. Subsequent evolution of ways of chemical signalization followed the way of development of delivery pathways of chemical signal and development of mechanisms of its regulation. The mechanism of chemical regulation of the signal interaction is discussed by the example of the specialized system of transduction of signal from neuron to neuron, of effect of hormone on the epithelial cell and modulation of this effect. These mechanisms are considered as the most important ways of the fine and precise adaptation of chemical signalization underlying functioning of physiological systems and organs of the living organism © 2010 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)592-603
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology
Volume46
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2010

    Research areas

  • autacoids, chemical signalization, evolution of functions, hormones, receptors, regulation, transmitters

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