Steroid Hormones Are Carried on Specific Carrier Proteins Because the Hormones

question 82

Multiple Choice

Steroid hormones are carried on specific carrier proteins because the hormones:

• A) are too unstable to survive in the blood on their own.
• B) cannot dissolve readily in the blood because they are too hydrophobic.
• C) cannot find their target cells without them.
• D) need them in order to pass through the plasma membrane.
• E) require subsequent binding to specific receptor proteins in the nucleus.

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