Campbell Biology in Focus
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780134710679
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 4TYU
Lipid-soluble signaling molecules, such as aldosterone, cross the membranes of all cells but affect only target cells because
- A. only target cells retain the appropriate DNA segments.
- B. intracellular receptors are present only in target cells.
- C. only target cells have enzymes that break down aldosterone.
- D. only in target cells is aldosterone able to initiate the phosphorylation cascade that turns genes on.
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