You are working in a lab to examine the cellular responses to a new drug. You treat cells with the drug and measure the intracellular level of cAMP and find it to be increased in response to this treatment. With what type of receptor would you predict the drug interacts? How is this rise in cAMP used to change cellular physiology or metabolism?

You are working in a lab to examine the cellular responses to a new drug. You treat cells with the drug and measure the intracellular level of cAMP and find it to be increased in response to this treatment. With what type of receptor would you predict the drug interacts? How is this rise in cAMP used to change cellular physiology or metabolism?

Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)

9th Edition

ISBN:9781285866932

Author:Lauralee Sherwood

Publisher:Lauralee Sherwood

Chapter4: Principles Of Neural And Hormonal Communication

Section4.5: Intercellular Communication And Signal Transduction

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