Early in his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt sparked a scandal when he invited the African-American educator Booker T. Washington to dine with him and his family; he was the first president ever to entertain a black man in the White House. In 1886, Roosevelt ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City. Two years later, President Benjamin Harrison rewarded Rooseveltâs service to the Republican Party with a job on the U.S. Civil Service Commission; he was reappointed by Harrisonâs successor, Grover Cleveland.
1 Signaling involves a receptor, the transduction of information from the cell surface to inside the cell, and subcellular systems that make a response. 2  Receptors are proteins with specific binding sites for signaling molecules called ligands. All cells are equipped with elaborate systems for receiving signals from their environment. 2  The mechanisms involved in cell signaling are particularly crucial for understanding multi-cellular organisms, and are an important in many diseases.
(August 2011) Cell cycle checkpoints are control mechanisms in eukaryotic cells which ensure proper division of the cell. Each checkpoint serves as a potential point along the cell cycle, during which the conditions of the cell are assessed, with progression through the various phases of the cell cycle occurring when favorable conditions are met. Currently, there are three known checkpoints: the G1 checkpoint, also known as the restriction or start checkpoint or; the G2/M checkpoint; and the metaphase checkpo