Steroid hormones exert their action by ________

A) binding cell receptors and initiating cAMP activity
B) entering the cell and activating mitochondrial DNA
C) entering the nucleus of a cell and initiating or altering the expression of a gene
D) activating the hypothalamic release of regulating hormones


C

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