Cell surface receptor/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Cell surface receptor.

Proteins that bind signalling molecules external to the cell with high affinity and convert this extracellular event into one or more intracellular signals that alter the behavior of the target cell.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Cell surface receptor (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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