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What is a receptor?
Receptor
Receptor
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Receptor
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Sensory receptor
, in physiology, any structure which, on receiving environmental stimuli, produces an informative nerve impulse
Receptor (biochemistry)
, in biochemistry, a protein molecule that receives and responds to a neurotransmitter, or other substance
Receptor (immunology)
, a molecule on the surface of an immunocyte which binds its ligand
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