Receptor at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Receptor? A protein that binds an extracellular ligand. Binding of ligand to a cell-surface receptor alters the structure and activity, resulting in the initiation of a series of signal transduction events that modulate intracellular biochemical pathways. Binding o

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