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Chapter 5, Problem 3TYU
Phosphorylation cascades involving a series of protein kinases are useful for cellular signal transduction because
- A. they are species specific.
- B. they always lead to the same cellular response.
- C. they amplify the original signal manyfold.
- D. they counter the harmful effects of phosphatases.
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