Functions of Receptors
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To propagate regulatory signals from outside to within the effector cell when the molecular species carrying the signal cannot itself penetrate the cell membrane.
FUNCTIONS OF RECEPTORS
These
can be summarized as:
§ To propagate regulatory
signals from outside to within the effector cell when the molecular species
carrying the signal cannot itself penetrate the cell membrane.
§ To amplify the signal.
§ To integrate various
extracellular and intracellular regulatory signals.
§ To adapt to short term
and long term changes in the regulatory melieu and maintain homeostasis.
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