Estrogen Is a Hormone That Binds to a Receptor on the Surface

Multiple Choice

Estrogen is a hormone that binds to a receptor on the surface of some cells.This binding causes regulatory molecules in the nucleus to interact with a segment of DNA that precedes some genes.This interaction activates the gene and causes gene expression.The segment of DNA that the regulatory molecules bind to is called a

A) promoter.
B) transcript.
C) chromosome.
D) nucleotide.