During exposure to elevated glucose, a yeast cell will increase its uptake of glucose. Describe the mechanism by which the yeast sense the extracellular glucose.

A. By the increase in energy outside the cell when the glucose is metabolized.
B. By glucose diffusing into the nucleus and binding to transcription factors.
C. By the increase in energy inside the cell when the glucose is metabolized.
D. By glucose uptake through glucose transporters.
E. By glucose binding to glucose receptors.


E. By glucose binding to glucose receptors.

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