Give an account on steroid hormones?

Explanation

Steroid hormones can easily cross the cell membrane, and bind to their receptors, which are intracellular or intranuclear. Upon binding to the receptors, they pair up with another receptor hormone complex (dimerize). This dimer can then bind to DNA and alter its transeription. The effect of steroid hormones such as aldosterone, oestrogen, FSH are long lived, as they alter the amount of mRNA and protein in a cell.