Which set of hormones have nuclear receptor:
Correct Answer: Retinoic acid, Thyroxin & Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Description: D i.e. Testosterone, coisol & Estogen (nearest answer)Nuclear receptors (Steroid receptors) that bind specific ligands (eg estrogen) & alter the rate at which specific genes are transcribed or translate. (Lehninger)Group I hormones eg retinoic acid, estrogen, vitamin D, glucocoicoids etc bind to nuclear receptor (Harper)Glucagon, TSH, GnRH &LH all bind to cell surface receptorsThe steroid hormones (estrogen, progesterone, and coisol for example), retinoic acid and thyroid hormones exe at least pa of their effects by a mechanism fundamentally different from that of other hormones: they act in neucleus to alter gene expression (Lehninger-456)
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