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#Question id: 1389

 Why has C. elegans proven to be a useful model for understanding apoptosis?

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

  1. C. elegans does not naturally use apoptosis, but can be induced to do so in the laboratory.

  2. C. elegans undergoes a fixed and easy-to-visualize number of apoptotic events during its normal development.

  3. C. elegans has large cells wherein apoptosis is easily observed without the aid of a microscope.

  4. As C. elegans ages, its cells die progressively until the whole organism is dead.

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#Question id: 1395

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following mutations would promote malignancy in cells whose proliferation is inhibited by TGFβ?

a. overexpression of Smad2               

b. loss of Smad 4

c. overexpression of TGFβ receptor I

d. loss of TGFβ receptor II
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#Question id: 1396

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Trks are:

a. endonucleases.        b. transmembrane receptors.   c. proteases.     d. protein kinases.      
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#Question id: 1397

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

The vertebrate equivalent of CED-9 is:
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#Question id: 1398

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following properties is (are) characteristic of a benign tumor?

a. well differentiated              b. localized to tissue of origin             c. metastatic               

d. promotes angiogenesis        e. surrounded by a fibrous capsule
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#Question id: 1399

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Loss-of-function mutations in which of the following genes typifies colorectal carcinomas?

a. myc              b. K-ras                       c. p53              d. APC
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#Question id: 1401

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following are proto-oncogenes?

a. fos               b. myc             c. p53              d. ras               e. Rb