How does steroid hormone influence the cellular activities?

(A)Changing the permeability of the cell membrane.
(B)Binding to DNA and forming a gene-hormone complex.
(C)Activating cyclic AMP located on the cell membrane.
(D)Using aquaporin channels as second messenger.

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Hormones which interact with intracellular receptors (e.g., steroid hormones, iodothyronines, etc.) mostly regulate gene expression or chromosome function by the interaction of hormone-receptor complex with the genome.

Chapter: Chemical Coordination and Integration
Section: 19.4 MECHANISM OF HORMONE ACTION
Page: 9
Words matched: 27 of 27

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that steroid hormones interact with intracellular receptors to regulate gene expression through hormone-receptor complex interaction with the genome, which directly matches option B's description of binding to DNA and forming a gene-hormone complex.

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