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Many conditional homozygous deletions produce a tumor phenotype. Which of the fo

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Question

Many conditional homozygous deletions produce a tumor phenotype. Which of the following descriptions is incorrect?

MDR1-/- mice are tumor prone because they are unable to pump toxins out of cells

MGMT-/- mice are tumor prone because they cannot directly repair alkylated (methyl, ethyl, etc) nucleotides

DNA polymerase-associated exonuclease -/- mice are tumor prone because they have ~100 times more unrepaired errors than wild-type mice during each round of DNA replication

BRCA1-/- mice are tumor prone because they can only repair double-strand breaks by non-homolgous end joining

mucin-/- mice are tumor prone because they are incapable of asymmetric DNA strand allocation during stem cell replication

A.

MDR1-/- mice are tumor prone because they are unable to pump toxins out of cells

B.

MGMT-/- mice are tumor prone because they cannot directly repair alkylated (methyl, ethyl, etc) nucleotides

C.

DNA polymerase-associated exonuclease -/- mice are tumor prone because they have ~100 times more unrepaired errors than wild-type mice during each round of DNA replication

D.

BRCA1-/- mice are tumor prone because they can only repair double-strand breaks by non-homolgous end joining

E.

mucin-/- mice are tumor prone because they are incapable of asymmetric DNA strand allocation during stem cell replication

Explanation / Answer

Ans

*Choice A is incorrect

MDR1 is helpful in removing cellular toxins and preventing damage.

*Choice B is incorrect

MGMT has no known mutations and it is not likely to cause cancer.

* Choice C is correct.

Mucin-/- mice are tumor prone as they cannot produce to protect intestinal cells from poisonous

gut contents.

* Choice D is incorrect.

Homology directed repair wants both BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. Deficiency of BRCA1 or BRCA2 in cells makes them carcimogen sensitive.

*Choice E is incorrect.

DNA Polymerase corrects 99% errors with proof reading exonuclease activity.

.

Homology directed repair wants both BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. Deficiency of BRCA1 or BRCA2 in cells makes them carcimogen sensitive.

*Choice E is incorrect.

DNA Polymerase corrects 99% errors with proof reading exonuclease activity.

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