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.
bind to membrane receptors, are often used in paracrine and autocrine signaling. They generally modulate the effect of other hormones. Once a signaling molecule binds to its receptor it causes a conformational change in it that results in a cellular response. The same ligand can bind to different receptors causing different responses (e.g.. acetylcholine). On the other hand, different ligands binding to different receptors can produce the. same cellular response (e.g. glucagon, epinephrine).