Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 34, Problem 2SQ
A __________ is synthesized from amino acids and cannot diffuse across the plasma membrane.
- a, steroid hormone
- b. protein hormone
- c. peptide hormone
- d. both b and c
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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