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Binding to specific receptors and employing the services of G proteins and cAMP.
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What is lady finger way of seed dispersal?
It disperses seeds by explosive mechanism.
What is a molecule such as a neurotransmitter or a hormone that binds to a receptor called?
what are the characteristics of action potentials
Which hormone uses feedback mechanism to control body water levels?
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH): A relatively small (peptide) molecule that is released by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain after being made nearby (in the hypothalamus).ADH has an antidiuretic action that prevents the production of dilute urine (and so is antidiuretic).
Langerhans cells are the mechanism of action of which function of skin?
They are the antigen presenting cells (APCs) of the skin. They capture antigens and then migrate to the lymph nodes where they present to T cells.
Why hormones can contact virtually all the cells of your body yet only activate the appropiate target cells?
The receptor molecules have the " lock " that the " key " of the hormone fits into . Surface markers, generally glycoproteins, must match up for the hormone to dock at the cell and a signal transduction pathway is then initiated.
A major determinant of a hormone’s mechanism of action is?
whether the hormone is water soluble or lipid soluble
What are most hormone action regulated by?
The hypothalamus regulates the Pituitary gland, and the Pituitary gland regulates the rest of the endocrine system.
When a hormone opposes the action of another hormone it is called?
an antagonistic hormone
What is the Mechanism of action of tiemonium methylsulphate?
+mechanism of action of tiemonium methylsulfate
What is mechanism of action eclipta Alba as hepatoprotective?
What is mechanism of action eclipta Alba as hepatoprotective?
What hormone has a paracrine and autocrine action and also is a circulating hormone?
Growth hormone
When a hormone opposing the action of another hormone it is called?
antagonistic effect
What is flomax's diuretic mechanism of action action?
mod of action tamsulosin
What hormone exerts antagonistic action to PTH or parathyroid hormone?
calcitonin
Hormone whose secretion is controlled by TSH?
The negative feedback system between the pituitary gland and the thyroid.
What is the action of the flintlock pistol?
Single action The action mechanism would be the hammer with flint.
The specificity of hormone action derives from?
arget cell receptors that are unique for each hormone.
