They're everywhere in cells throughout your body and they are responsible for lots of the biochemistry of cell/cell interaction and signaling.

它们在身体各处的细胞中都有,并负责很多细胞间的相互作用,及信号转导的生化过程

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This same thing happens here, there's a transduction, one kind of a signal gets converted to another kind of a signal.

这两种过程是相同的,都是一个信号转换的过程,一种信号转化为另一种信号

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Now, in this cartoon here I've shown a variety of different receptors just to show just to remind you of the different families of receptor molecules that could be involved in receiving and translating a signal.

这个动画中,我向你们展示了各式各样的受体,为了让你们记住不同族的受体分子,它们都涉及信号的接受和翻译过程

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We're used to thinking about sound being tranduced; being converted by acoustic waves into electrical signals that can be recognized by your iPods.

我们想想声音信号的转换过程,声音由声波转化为电子信号,你的iPod能够识别这种信号

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