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Potential protective mechanism. Polyvalent ligands (red) binding to both receptors (purple) embedded in lipoprotein (yellow) and nonclustered receptors within a fluid membrane (gray). Depicted from left to right in the fluid membrane are incidents of ligand-receptor monovalent binding, receptor clustering, and receptor cross-linking.
