The ''Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction'' is a

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that publishes laboratory and clinical studies, reviews, and brief communications on biological receptors and associated

signal transduction Signal transduction is the process by which a chemical or physical signal is transmitted through a cell as a series of molecular events, most commonly protein phosphorylation catalyzed by protein kinases, which ultimately results in a cellula ...

pathways for ligands involved in the regulation of central and peripheral tissues and cells. It is published by

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. The editors in chief are Alex N. Eberle ( University of Basel, Switzerland) and Terrence Kenakin (

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, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States).

Abstracting and indexing

The ''Journal of Receptors and Signal Tranduction'' is abstracted and indexed in BIOBASE, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents/Life Sciences, EMBASE, PubMed/ MedLine, Science Citation Index, and SCOPUS. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', its 2009 impact factor is 1.517, ranking it 212th out of 283 journals in the category "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" and 136th out of 161 in the category "Cell Biology".

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