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Author Question: In C. elegans, ced-9 prevents apoptosis in a normal cell in which of the follow (Read 731 times)

TI

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on: Jun 15, 2013
 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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Reply #1 on: Jun 16, 2013
In class, we found it was A. Good luck with the rest.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 17, 2013
Awesome, thanks.


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