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receptor diffusion trapping

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0098953

The process by which a membrane receptor, diffusing freely within the plasma membeane, becomes trapped in some plasma membrane region. This can happen when a receptor bind, directly or indirectly, to some component of the underlying matrix. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18832033 ]

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receptor diffusion trapping

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biological_process

GO:0098953

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protein localization to cell periphery
protein-containing complex localization
protein localization to membrane
localization within membrane
occurs in some plasma membrane