Local Hormones Are

question 87

Multiple Choice

Local hormones are

• A) released from a nerve cell and then diffuse across a synaptic gap to influence the target cells.
• B) released by a cell into the surrounding interstitial fluid and affect only other nearby cells.
• C) electrical signals that move between adjacent cells.
• D) released from gap junctions directly into the cytoplasm of the connected cell.
• E) released from one cell and transferred via the blood to target cells throughout the body.

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Definitions:

AUG

The codon for methionine in messenger RNA (mRNA), serving as the initiation signal for translation in protein synthesis.

UAA

A stop codon in the genetic code that signals the end of a protein-coding sequence in mRNA transcription.

Messenger RNA

A molecule that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it directs protein synthesis.

RNA Polymerases

Enzymes that are responsible for transcribing RNA from a DNA template, playing a key role in the process of gene expression.