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curlz

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on: Jun 17, 2013
Vinblastine is a standard chemotherapeutic drug used to treat cancer. Because it interferes with the assembly of microtubules, its effectiveness must be related to
A) disruption of mitotic spindle formation.
B) inhibition of regulatory protein phosphorylation.
C) suppression of cyclin production.
D) myosin denaturation and inhibition of cleavage furrow formation.
E) inhibition of DNA synthesis.


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


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Reply #2 on: Jul 29, 2013
Great..that really helped.


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