Antimetabolite chemotherapy drugs act in all of the following ways, EXCEPT ________

A) take the place of purine in a cancer cell's DNA
B) bind to antigens on the surface of cancer cells
C) interfere with the role that folic plays in cell metabolism
D) take the place of pyrimidine so the cancer cell cannot build DNA


Answer: B

A) Purine analog antimetabolite chemotherapy drugs do this.
B) They do not do this.
C) Folic acid blocker antimetabolite chemotherapy drugs do this.
D) Pyrimidine analog antimetabolite chemotherapy drugs do this.

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