Cancer Genes

Which is an example of a tumor suppressor gene?

• apoptosis
• proto-oncogenes
• p53
• oncogenes

Normal cell division is prevented by...

• Proto-oncogenes
• oncogenes

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p53 activates which of the following?

• Tumor suppressor genes
• cell cycle
• DNA repair proteins
• uncontrolled cell division

Proto-oncogenes can mutate into...

• oncogenes
• tumor suppressor genes
• DNA repair proteins

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p53 triggers which of the following to occur?

• apoptosis
• cell cycle
• cancer
• uncontrolled cell division

Which of the following is a dominant single mutation to cause cancer?

• p53 protein
• proto-oncogenes
• DNA repair proteins

Which of the following needs a double mutation to cause cancer?

• p53 protein
• proto-oncogenes
• DNA repair proteins

________________________ is a process of recognizing defective cells, letting them die, and replacing with normal cells.

• Mitosis
• Apoptosis
• Interphase
• Metaphase

What is occurring in this picture?

• Translation
• Replication
• Translocation
• Transcription

Protein kinases activate other relay proteins by adding a(n) ____ to them.

• phosphate
• ATP molecule
• cAMP
• GTP