What are receptors?
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| 8th Jul, 2014,
05:17: PM
Expert Answer:
Receptors are proteins that are crucial to body’s communication process. Majority of these are embedded in cell membranes. Receptor proteins are embedded in the cell membrane in such a way that their small part possessing active site projects out of the surface of the membrane and opens on the outside region of the cell membrane.
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| 8th Jul, 2014,
07:17: PM
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