Biology 2e
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ISBN: 9781947172517
Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
Publisher: OpenStax
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Chapter 5, Problem 23CTQ
How can a cell use an extracellular peripheral protein as the receptor to transmit a signal into the cell?
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Biology 2e
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