Estrogen Is a Hormone That Binds to a Receptor on the Surface

question 57

Multiple Choice

Estrogen is a hormone that binds to a receptor on the surface of some cells.This binding causes regulatory molecules in the nucleus to interact with a segment of DNA that precedes some genes.This interaction activates the gene and causes gene expression.The segment of DNA that the regulatory molecules bind to is called a

• A) promoter.
• B) transcript.
• C) chromosome.
• D) nucleotide.

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