Lucas H. answered • 03/17/21
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Well, the main difference would be that eukaryotes posses a nuclear membrane while prokaryotes do not. That means that there would be a barrier for signals. So, signal transduction in eukaryotes must proceed with separate signal perception and transcriptional changes. Furthermore, because eukaryotes are many times larger than prokaryotes, a larger intracellular signal is required to elicit transcriptional changes in eukaryotes vs prokaryotes (consequence of diffusion). Therefore, signal amplification is frequently used in eukaryotes to upscale the primary signals to induce transcriptonomic effects.
