One of the following drugs blocks cell division because it stabilizes the microtubules. What is this drug, and for what is it used?

A) vincristine; bacterial infections
B) vinblastine; antimitotic therapy
C) taxol; breast cancer
D) nocodazole; allergies
E) benzimidazole; colchicine


C) taxol; breast cancer

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The main reason scientists thought that proteins, rather than DNA, were the carriers of genetic material

in the cell was:a. their presence within the nucleus. b. their abundance within the cell. c. the large number of possible amino acid combinations. d. their ability to self replicate within the cytoplasm. e. their ability to be exported from the cell.

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Although glucose molecules constantly diffuse into a red blood cell along their concentration gradient, equilibrium is never reached and a steep concentration gradient is continually maintained. What causes this?

a. The active transport of glucose b. The very fast turnover rate of glucose metabolism c. The ability of the cell to engulf glucose by pinocytosis d. The continuous excretion of glucose from other parts of the cell e. The rapid and continuous addition of phosphates onto the glucose molecules

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The sinoatrial node consists of a form of this tissue.

A. nervous B. adipose C. muscular D. connective E. epithelial

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