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Hormone receptor - Definition and Overview

A hormone receptor is a receptor protein on the surface of a cell that binds to a specific hormone. The hormone causes many changes to take place in the cell.

Hormone receptors are often transmembrane proteins.

Binding of hormones to hormone receptors often trigger the start of signal transduction pathways, or trigger the activation of inhibition of genes.

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