試題詳解

40. Why would a gonad cell and a prostate cell respond differently to the same steroid hormone, testosterone?
(A) They have different receptor proteins within the cell.
(B) They have different acceptor proteins on the chromatin.
(C) Steroid hormones usually transmit signals that are antagonistic.
(D) The hormone-receptor complex is transcribed and processed differently in the two kinds of cells.
(E) The targets of the hormone-receptor complex are different in the two kinds of cells.