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#Question id: 1203


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?

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
  1. cAMP-regulated pathways

  2. MAP kinase pathways

  3. both cAMP and MAP kinase pathways

  4. neither cAMP nor MAP kinase pathways