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Question: Which of the following comes under the category of cell surface receptor?
[A].

Enzyme linked receptors

[B].

Ion-channel linked receptors

[C].

G protein linked receptors

[D].

All of these

Answer: Option D

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Question: Small charged molecules, often biogenic amines function as
[A].

hormones

[B].

neurotransmitters

[C].

both (a) and (b)

[D].

none of these

Answer: Option C

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Question: The enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of PIP2 into two molecules of inositol triphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol in cell signaling, is
[A].

phosphokinase C

[B].

phospholipase C

[C].

phosphodiesterase C

[D].

lipokinase

Answer: Option B

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Question: Which of the following statement is incorrect?
[A].

The principal lipophilic hormones that binds to receptors located in the plasma membranes are prostaglandins

[B].

Prostaglandins are synthesized from arachidonic acid

[C].

Prostaglandins act as paracrine signaling molecules

[D].

None of the above

Answer: Option D

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Question: In paracrine signaling, the signaling molecules affects only
[A].

target cells close to the cell from which it was secreted

[B].

target cells distant from its site of synthesis in cells of an endocrine organ

[C].

both (a) and (b)

[D].

none of the above

Answer: Option A

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Question: Cell signaling can be classified into
[A].

three distinct types based on the distance over which the signaling molecules act

[B].

two distinct types based on the distance over which the signaling molecules act

[C].

three distinct types based on the signaling molecules

[D].

none of the above

Answer: Option A

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