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The Example Given in the Text of the 42-Year-Old Man

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The example given in the text of the 42-year-old man who underwent therapy to deal with an unaccountable depression that was discovered to be related to the fact that his 42-year-old mother committed suicide specifically exemplifies:


Definitions:

Passive Transport

Membrane-crossing mechanism that requires no energy input.

Facilitated Diffusion

A process of passive transport, with the aid of integral membrane proteins, allowing substances to move across cell membranes without energy expenditure.

Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

A cellular process by which cells internalize molecules (like hormones, nutrients, and proteins) by the inward budding of plasma membrane vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being internalized.

Allosteric Regulation

The regulation of an enzyme's activity through the binding of a molecule at a site other than the enzyme's active site, causing a change in its shape.

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