When a cell responds to a signal it sent, this is an example of _____.

A. Direct intercellular signaling
B. Endocrine signalling
C. Paracrine signaling
D. Autocrine signaling
E. Contact-dependent signaling


D. Autocrine signaling

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Many signal transduction pathways utilize second messengers to ____

a. transport a signal through the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane b. relay a signal from the outside of the cell to the inside c. relay a signal from the inside of the cell to the outside d. decrease the message once the signaling molecules have left the receptor e. relay the message from the inner surface of the plasma membrane throughout the cytoplasm

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