Assertion: steroid | /r/HasProperty | lipid
Facets:
value: more specifically,
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The left diagram shows a steroid (lipid) hormone (1) entering a cell and (2) binding to a receptor protein in the nucleus, causing (3) mRNA synthesis which is the first step of protein synthesis.
text: So, steroid hormones are lipids that are made from cholesterol
text: Left: a steroid (lipid) hormone (1) enters a cell (2) binds to a receptor protein (3) causes mRNA synthesis, the first step of protein synthesis.
text: a steroid (lipid) hormone (1) enters a cell (2) binds to a receptor protein (3) causes mRNA synthesis, the first step of protein synthesis.
text: Steroids are lipids derived from cholesterol.
text: Steroids are lipids and, more specifically, derivatives of cholesterol.
text: So, because steroid hormones are lipids made from cholesterol, they're lipid soluble.
text: While steroid hormones are lipids or fat-soluble molecules that are made from cholesterol, peptide hormones are chains of amino acids that are water-soluble in nature.
text: Being lipids, steroid hormones enter the cell by simple diffusion across the plasma membrane.
text: steroid hormones are lipids and therefore can diffuse through plasma membrane