Back مستقبل داخل الخلية Arabic Unutarćelijski receptor BS Receptors intracel·lulars Catalan Receptor intracelular Spanish Récepteur intracellulaire French Recettore intracellulare Italian 세포 내 수용체 Korean Intracelularni receptor Serbo-Croatian Intracelularni receptor Serbian 细胞内受体 Chinese
 | This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. (June 2020) |
Intracellular receptors are globular protein receptors located inside the cell rather than on its cell membrane. The word intracellular means "within or inside a cell." Molecules that cross a cell membrane to bind with a receptor are generally nonpolar and may be relatively small. These molecules are also known as ligands, these trigger how genes are turned on or off which are essential for processes like growth metabolism etc. Hormones that use intracellular receptors include thyroid, aldosterone, and steroid hormones.[1]
- ^ Nowicki, Stephen (May 13, 2016). "Chapter 2". Biology (Textbook) (1st ed.). U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 84. ISBN 978-0544817982.