Which of the following is NOT one of the three major classes of cell-surface receptors involved in signal transduction?
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Correct answer: Mitochondrial inner-membrane receptors
The three canonical cell-surface receptor classes are GPCRs, ligand-gated ion channels, and enzyme-linked receptors; mitochondrial inner-membrane receptors are not a standard category.
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