The p53 protein is critical to the regulation of the cell cycle because it

a. halts cell division when necessary, allowing the cell to repair damaged DNA.
b. causes cells with heavily damaged, unrepairable DNA to commit “suicide.”
c. prevents the cell from dividing at inappropriate times.
d. all of the above


Ans: d. all of the above

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