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Author Question: Taxol is an anticancer drug extracted from the Pacific yew tree. In animal cells (Read 777 times)

curlz

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on: Jun 17, 2013
Taxol is an anticancer drug extracted from the Pacific yew tree. In animal cells, Taxol disrupts microtubule formation by binding to microtubules and accelerating their assembly from the protein precursor, tubulin. Surprisingly, this stops mitosis. Specifically, Taxol must affect
A) the formation of the mitotic spindle.
B) anaphase.
C) formation of the centrioles.
D) chromatid assembly.
E) the S phase of the cell cycle.


coco

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Reply #1 on: Jun 18, 2013
Go with A, I'm pretty sure it's that.


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