The rest of these examples refer to receptors as I've been describing them and ligands that are soluble and can move around the body.

我接下来要讲的有关受体,以及能游走于体内各处可溶性的配体

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Here, there are receptors on one cell and the ligand that they experience is not a dissolved molecule, but actually a molecule that's attached to another cell.

这个细胞上有许多受体,与之结合的配体并非是可溶性分子,而是一个附着在其他细胞上的分子

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