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#Question id: 1968


Septic shock, a systemic response including high fever and low blood pressure, can be life threatening. What causes septic shock?

#Section 2: General Biology
  1. certain bacterial infections

  2. specific forms of viruses

  3. the presence of natural killer cells

  4. a fever of >103 degrees in adults

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#Question id: 1127

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following steps does not occur after acetylcholine binds to the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in heart muscle cells?

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#Question id: 1128

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

During the epinephrine stimulated conversion of glycogen to glucose 1-phosphate, which of the following steps involves protein phosphorylation?

a. inactivation of glycogen synthase               b. activation of protein kinase A

c. activation of adenylyl cyclise                      d. activation of glycogen phosphorylase

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#Question id: 1129

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following plays a role in the relaxation of smooth muscle cells by nitric oxide?

a. cGMP          b. protein kinase A      c. protein kinase G      d. guanylyl cyclise

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#Question id: 1130

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

In muscle cells, glycogen phosphorylase kinase is activated by

a. Ca2+.           b. diacylglycerol.   c. nitric oxide.       d. protein kinase A.    

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#Question id: 1133

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

What tertiary structure characterizes all cytokines?

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#Question id: 1134

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Arrange the following proteins in the proper order in which they become activated in the MAPK signaling pathway:

a. MAP kinase                         b. MEK           c. Ras              d. Raf              e. RTK