You are testing a new chemotherapy drug that blocks a kinase in the cytoplasm that helps carry signals to the nucleus causing the cell to divide.  If you expose cells to the drug at the same time you administer a hormone that should cause the cell to divide, which of the following steps would be blocked?

A. signal transduction
B. activation of transcription factors
C. receptor activation
D. cell division


Answer: D

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