Hormones Often Cause a Cell to Elicit Multiple Responses; This

question 41

Multiple Choice

Hormones often cause a cell to elicit multiple responses; this is because ___________.

• A) the protein kinases are rapidly metabolized into functional amino acids
• B) there are thousands of receptors on the cell membrane
• C) the receptors bind to several hormones at the same time
• D) during protein kinase activation, enzymes phosphorylate many other enzymes

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