Angiotensin II stimulates the synthesis and secretion of aldosterone by the activation of which of the following receptor?

#Question id: 1202

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

G proteins are said to be self-inactivating. What G-protein function accounts for this?

#Question id: 1203

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

People who suffer from thyroid adenomas have constitutively activated G proteins in some cells of the thyroid gland. Tumor cells not only secrete copious quantities of thyroid hormones but also divide and grow excessively. Based on these observations, in what kind(s) of signal transduction pathways do the mutant G proteins participate?

#Question id: 1204

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

What factors are responsible for the specificity of G protein-coupled responses?

#Question id: 1205

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Acetylcholine on a smooth muscle cell is to phospholipase C as epinephrine on a liver cell is to    ?    .

#Question id: 1206

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Serine and threonine are to ........  as tyrosine is to receptor tyrosine kinases.

#Question id: 1207

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Ryanodine and IP3 receptors are found on .......... membranes, whereas epinephrine and glucagon receptors are found on    ........... membranes.