You are interested in studying a receptor and decide to make a knockout mouse. However, you notice severe developmental defects that result in embryonic lethality in this receptor knockout
Which developmental process is most likely affected when you disrupt a receptor on the cell surface, disrupting its ability to receive a signal and initiate a transduction pathway?
A) Cell proliferation
B) Cell-cell interactions
C) Cell differentiation
D) Cell movement
E) Apoptosis
Answer: B
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