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What is a receptor?

What is a receptor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.
  2. (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.
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Some steroid hormones, such as glucocorticoids, bind to a cytoplasmic receptor protein that is then translocated into the nucleus.
The affinity between the mutually complemental antibody and receptor was described by a weighted affinity matrix.
Receptor stimulation produced no change in receptor density, which suggests that the receptors are prearranged into signalling islands.
Several forms of familial hypercholesterolemia are the result of genetic defects in the gene encoding the receptor for low-density lipoprotein.
Within cells both retinol and retinoic acid bind to specific receptor proteins.
Medicines called ACE inhibitors and angiotensin-II receptor blockers are helpful.

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