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.
1 Glucagon binds its receptor in the plasma membrane of target cells (e.g. hepatocytes). 2  Bound receptor interacts with and, through a set of G proteins, turns on adenylate cyclase, which is also an integral membrane protein.ell surface receptors are integral membrane proteins and, as such, have regions that contribute to three basic domains: 1  Extracellular domains: Some of the residues exposed to the outside of the cell interact with and bind the hormone-another term for these regions is the ligand-binding domain.