How to Interpret Biological Model Figures: Signaling cascades

How to Interpret Biological Model Figures: Signaling cascades

This text introduces how arrows are used to describe regulation (activation or inhibition) in a signaling cascade in biological model figures and diagrams.

Topics

  • Cdk1
  • cyclin B
  • arrows
  • Elk1
  • MEK
  • ERK
  • Raf
  • MAPK
  • bar arrow
  • flat arrow
  • inhibit
  • activate
  • phosphorylation
  • dephosphorylation
  • unphosphorylated
  • phosphorylated
  • signal cascade
  • kinase cascade
  • enzyme