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Arrestin signaling protein

This illustration shows arrestin, an important type of signaling protein

This illustration shows arrestin (yellow), an important type of signaling protein, while docked with rhodopsin (orange), a G protein-coupled receptor.

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 Illustration shows arrestin (yellow), an important type of signaling protein, while docked with rhodopsin (orange).
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