Biology - Study Guide
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780321501561
Author: Martha R. Taylor
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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Chapter 11, Problem 6TYK
Many human diseases (including bacterial infections) and the medicines used to treat them produce their effects by influencing which of the following?
- a. cAMP concentrations in the cell
- b. Ca2+ concentrations in the cell
- c. G-protein pathways
- d. ligand-gated ion channels
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