Multiple Choice
The function of a second messenger system is to
A) facilitate the process of covalent modification of a protein.
B) isolate the response to the inside of a cell.
C) amplify the response of the first messenger.
D) keep calcium involved in these responses.
E) buffer a cell's response to a ligand.
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