In a hospital laboratory, a 10.0 mL sample of gastric juice, obtained several hours after a meal, was titrated with 0.1 M NaOH to neutrality; 7.2 mL of NaOH was required. The patient’s stomach contained no ingested food or drink, thus assume that no buffers were present. What was the pH of the gastric juice?

#Question id: 1403

#Unit 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

#Question id: 1404

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following are transcription factors?

#Question id: 1405

#Unit 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?

#Question id: 1406

#Unit 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

#Question id: 1407

#Unit 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

#Question id: 1409

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which DNA repair system is affected in patients with xeroderma pigmentosum?