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1) Often leads to deletion in chromosome sequence. a) recombinational repair b)

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Question

1) Often leads to deletion in chromosome sequence.

a) recombinational repair

b) direct repair

c) base excision repair

d) mistmatch repair

e) nucleotide excision repair

d) nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ)

2) Which of the following are examples of suppressor mutations?

a) an intragenic mutation that restores protein structure

b) an intergenic mutation that increases the activity of a proteins performing the same function as the mutated protein

c) an intergenic mutation that activates a transcription factor that dramatically upregulates expression of the mutant protein

d) all of the answers are correct

3) A _____ is a cellular gene that has the potential to become an oncogene

a) carcinogen

b) proto-oncogene

c) tumor-suppressor genes

d) caspase gene

Explanation / Answer

Q1) Often leads to deletion in chromosome sequence.

d) nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ)

Q2) Which of the following are examples of suppressor mutations?

d) all of the answers are correct

Q3) A _____ is a cellular gene that has the potential to become an oncogene

b) proto-oncogene