Steroid Hormones Usually ________

Question

Steroid hormones usually ________.
A)trigger a signal transduction pathway when they bind to a membrane receptor
B)bind to mRNA in the cytoplasm to initiate transcription
C)bind to receptors in the cytoplasm or nucleus
D)bind to rRNA to prevent translation

Accepted Answer

Steroid hormones are lipophilic and can pass through the cell membrane to bind to intracellular receptors in the cytoplasm or nucleus, where they influence gene expression.