Your Friend Works in a Biotechnology Company and Has Discovered

question 44

Multiple Choice

Your friend works in a biotechnology company and has discovered a drug that blocks the ability of Ran to exchange GDP for GTP.What is the most likely effect of this drug on nuclear transport?

• A)Nuclear transport receptors would be unable to bind cargo.
• B)Nuclear transport receptors would be unable to enter the nucleus.
• C)Nuclear transport receptors would be unable to release their cargo in the nucleus.
• D)Nuclear transport receptors would interact irreversibly with the nuclear pore fibrils.

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