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#Question id: 3869


Which one of the following statements about E. coli RNA polymerase (core enzyme) is false?

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  1. It can start new chains de novo or elongate old ones.

  2. It has no catalytic activity unless the sigma factor is bound.

  3. It uses nucleoside 5'-triphosphates as substrates.

  4. Its activity is blocked by rifampicin.

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#Question id: 1121

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following provides the best evidence that cell-signaling pathways evolved early in the history of life?

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#Question id: 1122

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

In endocrine signaling, the signaling molecule.

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#Question id: 1123

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Epinephrine can be what kind of signaling molecule?

a. autocrine      b. direct contact  c. endocrine d. paracrine

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#Question id: 1124

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following is (are) intracellular second messengers?

a. Ca2+                        b. cAMP          c. epinephrine             

d. protein kinase A      e. protein kinase C

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#Question id: 1125

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Examples of G protein–coupled receptors include

a. rhodopsin receptor.             b. β-adrenergic receptor.

c. insulin receptor.                   d. acetylcholine receptor.

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#Question id: 1126

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true of the α subunit of a G protein?

a. It physically associates with the receptor.              

b. It binds GDP.

c. It binds GTP.                     

d. It is a transmembrane protein.