Exam 15: Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction: Communication Between Cells

Proteins interact with one another, or with components of the cellular membrane, by means of _________. (Select all correct choices)

Type I diabetes is caused by ________.

Perception of sour tastes depends upon _________.

How were nitroglycerine's therapeutic benefits discovered?

Which statement below is an accurate description of receptor-mediated dimerization?

Why does rhodopsin have an unusually stable structure for a GPCR?

Once activated, what does caspase-9 itself activate?

What role do activated steroid receptors play in the cell?

How is caspase-activated DNase (CAD)activated?

What is the name of a calcium-binding protein that acts in conjunction with calcium to bring about the responses associated with cytoplasmic rises in calcium ion concentration?

What is the largest protein superfamily encoded by animal genomes?

How do cells in the body of a multicellular organism usually communicate with each other?

What is the origin of virtually all of the signals that regulate cellular activities?

What event is usually responsible for terminating signal transduction by RTKs?

What is responsible for deactivating glycogen synthase kinase-3?

The overall process by which information carried by extracellular messenger molecules is translated into changes that occur inside the cell is called signal ___________.

How is Ras activity turned off?

The size of a biosensor can be:

Which of the following is NOT currently an application for biosensors?

For many years, _______ was the only member of the GPCR superfamily to have its X-ray crystal structure determined.