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soluble ligand (newbee)

Bob bbx107 at excite.com
Fri Mar 11 21:01:43 EST 2005


On 11 Mar 2005 12:14:20 -0800, parvona at hotmail.com (Pani) wrote:

>Hi
>
>Firstly i dont really understand this subject and i wonder if somebody
>could offer me some advice to a good link/ URL for further reading?
>
>Secondly can anybody explain (compare & contrast the ways in which
>soluble ligands initiate responses in target cells)?.
>

A ligand is simply something that binds. A soluble one is one that is,
guess what, soluble.

There must be some context for you asking this. Study whatever
individual examples were made available to you. How they work varies,
and for us to present one is more likely to confuse than to help.
Don't look too hard for big generalities.

bob





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