The olfactory receptors discovered by Richard Axel and Linda Buck are members of a large family of similar receptor molecules termed

A. intracellular receptors.
B. ligand-gated ion channels.
C. voltage-gated ion channels.
D. G-protein coupled receptors.
E. serine/threonine proteases.


Answer: D

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