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#Question id: 5233


The most important feature that permits a gene to act as a molecular clock is ________.

#11. Evolution and Behavior
  1. a large number of base pairs

  2. being acted upon by natural selection

  3.  a reliable average rate of mutation

  4. a recent origin by a gene-duplication event

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#Question id: 1403

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Tumor-suppressor genes encode proteins with which of the following functions?

a. growth-promoting               b. growth-arresting                  c. pro-apoptotic

d. anti-apoptotic                      e. DNA repair

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#Question id: 1404

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following are transcription factors?

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#Question id: 1405

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

A gain-of-function mutation in which of the following would have the same effect as a gain-of-function mutation in Ras?

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#Question id: 1406

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following is a consequence of p53 stabilization?

a. stabilization of Cdc25A      b. activation of ATM                c. blocked apoptosis

d. transcription of p21                        e. DNA repair

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#Question id: 1407

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following is pro-apoptotic?

a. Bax              b. Bcl-2                       c. p53              d. protein kinase B      e. PTEN

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#Question id: 1408

#4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Human papilloma virus encodes proteins that inhibit the function of

a. Bcl-2.           b. Myc.                        c. p53.             d. PDGF receptor.      e. Rb.