Which of the following is not a characteristic of a steroid hormone?

a. The receptor is in the nucleus of the cell.
b. It causes protein synthesis to occur.
c. It uses cAMP as a second messenger.
d. It can pass through the cell membrane.


c. It uses cAMP as a second messenger.

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