Author Question: In C. elegans, ced-9 prevents apoptosis in a normal cell in which of the follow (Read 724 times)

TI

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 In C. elegans, ced-9 prevents apoptosis in a normal cell in which of the following ways?
A) It prevents the caspase activity of ced-3 and ced-4.
B) Ced-9 remains inactive until it is signaled by ced-3 and other caspases.
C) Ced-9 cleaves to produce ced-3 and ced-4.
D) Ced-9 enters the nucleus and activates apoptotic genes.
E) Ced-9 prevents blebbing by its action on the cell membrane.



coco

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In class, we found it was A. Good luck with the rest.



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