Phosphorylation cascades involving a series of protein kinases are useful for cellular signal transduction because they _____
A) are species specific
B) always lead to the same cellular response
C) amplify the original signal many times
D) counter the harmful effects of phosphatases
E) use a small and fixed number of molecules
Answer: C
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