Why do signaling responses that involve changes in proteins already present in the cell occur in milliseconds

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Why do signaling responses that involve changes in proteins already present in the cell occur in milliseconds to seconds, whereas responses that require changes in gene expression require minutes to hours?

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Molecular Biology Of The Cell

ISBN: 9780815344322

6th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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