Maren [maren] as a girls' name is of Latin origin, and the meaning of the name Maren is star of the sea. Maren is a variant form of Mary (Latin). Variations.
A(n) _____ is an example of a signal molecule that can bind to an intracellular receptor and thereby cause a gene to be turned on or off.
So, when we talked about steroid hormones, we talked about how they're going to bind to receptors on the nucleus. Non-steroid hormones are going to bind to receptors in the target cell's plasma membrane. Because again, they're not able to pass through the plasma membrane.