What would be likely to happen to cultured cells if you were able to treat them with an inhibitor that specifically depressed the activity of Cdk?

a) the cells would be driven from G2 to mitosis
b) Wee1 kinase activity would be turned off as well
c) the cells would remain in G2 and would not move toward mitosis
d) Cdc25 phosphatase activity would be activated earlier than usual


Ans: c) the cells would remain in G2 and would not move toward mitosis

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