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Cancer Genes

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Which of the following statements about Ras is FALSE?

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Which of the following is a similarity between oncogenes and tumor suppressors?

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Common functions for tumor suppressors include which of the following?

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Which of the following is NOT a tumor suppressor gene?

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Mutations in tumor suppressor genes cause problems by ______.

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The tumor suppressor, p53, is involved in all the following cellular processes EXCEPT:

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Which of the following statements about p53 is FALSE?

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Which of the following oncogenes (encoding for a tyrosine kinase) was first identified in an acutely transforming chicken retrovirus?

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Mutations in the APC gene are most commonly associated with what type of cancer?

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Which of the following genes is often defective (mutated) in individuals with a genetic predisposition to forming colorectal cancer?

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___________ is a type of familial colorectal cancer associated with the formation of numerous colonic polyps.

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Cancer is caused by mutations in genes, tumor suppressors and proto-oncogenes, that are normally involved in:

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Which of the following are NOT found in genetically normal cells?

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Oncogenes are genes whose protein products ______.

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A defective oncogene is a damaged version of a ______ and is characterized by its ______.

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What is a main function of Rb?

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Which of the following statements about the Bcl-2 gene is FALSE?

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Which of the following most appropriately describes the BRCA genes?

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Which tumor suppressor gene is mutated in over 50% of cancers?

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The p53 gene has the important role of cellular homeostasis because it has the power to _________.

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Retinoblastoma is a cancer of the _____.

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Which of the following statements about HER-2/neu is TRUE?

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Which enzyme is most directly involved in maintaining the ends of chromosomes?

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In which of the following cells would you most expect telomerase to be expressed?

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Which of the following statements best describes hTert, the gene that codes for telomerase?

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Which of the following oncogenes is incorrectly paired with its function?

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All of the following are examples of oncogene functions EXCEPT:

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