How are steroid hormone receptors and cell-surface receptors similar?
A. When bound to their ligand, both types
enter the nucleus to activate transcription.
B. Both types cause GDP to be exchanged
for GTP in a G protein.
C. Both types undergo a conformational
change when they bind to their ligand.
D. When activated the signals of both types
are transduced across the plasma
membrane.
C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. Clostridium botulinum b. Clostridium perfringens c. Escherichia coli d. Staphylococcus aureus
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a. serve as accessory to cellulose. b. serve as antifreeze in winter. c. keep predators away. d. confuse predators with different colors. e. protect the algae from wave damage.