The signal transducing chains are often shared between different receptors within this receptor family.
It may be that different receptors activate attraction or repulsion in response to a single cue.
They are similar to the leukotrienes in their actions, but they act via a different receptor.
The scientists were astonished to discover that so many different receptors seem necessary to allow animals to smell.
Hundreds of different receptors are known and many more are yet to be discovered.
Ahlquist concluded that there are two different receptors for agonists.
Not least among the puzzles is the number of different receptors observed.
The relative roles of different receptors is still under much debate, but evidence has emerged for some targets being involved with particular anaesthetics.
Phytoestrogens are much less powerful than pharmaceutical or natural estrogen, and they enter the cells through a different receptor.
It mediates its actions on bone cells using three different receptors.