Base Your Answers to the Questions Below on the Following

question 10

Multiple Choice

Base your answers to the questions below on the following information:
You have isolated a factor from the blood of a space alien and named it XFF (for X- files factor) . Based on preliminary data, you think that XFF could be one of three compounds normally found in human blood: epidermal growth factor (EGF) , epinephrine, or estrogen.
-You add a large amount of XFF to cultured liver cells. Which of the following might you observe if XFF can bind to human epinephrine receptors?

• A)glycogen breakdown
• B)increased cell division
• C)decreased protein synthesis
• D)glucose 6- phosphate polymerization
• E)all of the above

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