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TI

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on: Jun 15, 2013
If a pharmaceutical company wished to design a drug to maintain low blood sugar levels, one approach might be to design a compound
A) that mimics epinephrine and can bind to the epinephrine receptor.
B) that stimulates cAMP production in liver cells.
C) to stimulate G protein activity in liver cells.
D) that increases phosphodiesterase activity.
E) that does any of the above.


coco

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Reply #1 on: Jun 16, 2013
In class, we found it was D. Good luck with the rest.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 17, 2013
Awesome, thanks.


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