Understand types of signaling, receptors, and signaling molecules

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AP Biology › Understand types of signaling, receptors, and signaling molecules

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6
1

Which type of ligand is water soluble, and thus unable to enter a cell?

2

What type of signaling uses the bloodstream to transport ligands to targets?

3

Which is false regarding cell signaling?

4

Which type of cell-surface receptor, when bound by a ligand, begins a cycle where GDP is exchanged for GTP, causing the alpha subunit to separate from the beta and gamma subunits, and causing a cellular response?

5

A cell releases a ligand that binds to receptors on its own surface. Which type of signaling is this?

6

Beta cells in the pancreas secrete insulin, a hormone, that enters the bloodstream. This is an example of which type of signaling?

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