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What is an example of a hormone that doesn’t bind to receptors on the plasma membrane, but rather to intracellular receptors in the cytoplasm or nucleus?

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Answer: Thyroxine

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Thyroxine, a thyroidal hormone (produced by the thyroid gland) bind directly with the specific receptor proteins present in the nuclear chromatin (found in the nucleus) and enhance RNA and the enzyme synthesis necessary for the control of body metabolism

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