BIOLOGY
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Author: Raven
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Chapter 9, Problem 3A
Different receptors can have the same effect on a cell. One reason for this is that
a. most receptors produce the same second messenger.
b. different isoforms of receptors bind different ligands, but stimulate the same signaling pathway.
c. signal transduction pathways intersect—the same pathway can be stimulated by different receptors.
d. all receptors converge on the same signal transduction pathways.
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