Hormones Often Cause a Cell to Elicit Multiple Responses; This

question 101

Multiple Choice

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

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

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