Why Do Steroid-Secreting Cells Take Longer to Initiate Secretion Than

question 1

Multiple Choice

Why do steroid-secreting cells take longer to initiate secretion than do peptide-secreting hormones?

• A) They take much longer to create.
• B) The step of posttranslational processing is much longer.
• C) They are not stored in vesicles, they are made on demand.
• D) Only a few cells in the body actually make steroid hormones.

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