If you were to think of the cell as a car, and mitosis as a process that drives that car to go, what would be a good analogy for a cell that has a mutation in both copies of a tumor-suppressor gene?
A. The gas pedal of a car gets stuck while pushed down.
B. The brake pedal of a car gets stuck while pushed down.
C. The brake pedal of a car does not work at all.
D. The gas pedal of a car does not work at all.
Answer: C
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A. genes to be expressed in human cells require a eukaryotic promoter, and genes to be expressed in plants don't. B. DNA cannot be introduced into human cells. C. Agrobacterium is commonly used as a tool to directly transform plant cells but not human cells. D. a vector is needed to introduce DNA into human cells and not plant cells.
A common source of cholera infection is
A. acid rain. B. unpasteurized milk. C. fecal contaminated material, especially water. D. boiled water. E. acid rain AND boiled water.
Which of the following properties of water enable(s) it to function as a regulator of temperature for living organisms? (Hint: Think about what happens when you are sunbathing.)
A) High specific heat and high heat of vaporization B) High specific heat C) High heat of vaporization D) Low specific heat E) High specific heat and low heat of vaporization
Ribosomes are made up of which kind of nucleic acid?
A) mRNA B) tRNA C) rRNA D) DNA