EOG8HTC7C GO:0016021 28/93 integral component of membrane cellular_component "The component of a membrane consisting of the gene products and protein complexes having at least some part of their peptide sequence embedded in the hydrophobic region of the membrane." [GOC:dos, GOC:go_curators] EOG8HTC7C GO:0004872 1/93 receptor activity molecular_function "Combining with an extracellular or intracellular messenger to initiate a change in cell activity." [GOC:ceb, ISBN:0198506732] EOG8HTC7C GO:0046331 1/93 lateral inhibition biological_process "Signaling between cells of equivalent developmental potential that results in these cells adopting different developmental fates. An example is the suppression by cells with a particular fate of the adoption of the same fate by surrounding cells." [GOC:bf, GOC:kmv]