If a Cell Had a Single Nonfunctional DNA Repair Enzyme

question 28

Multiple Choice

If a cell had a single nonfunctional DNA repair enzyme, how would that cell be affected?

• A)The cell could not possibly be viable without that DNA repair enzyme.
• B)Mutations during DNA replication would not be repaired, so replication and therefore division would not be possible.
• C)The cell's other DNA repair enzymes would most likely compensate and cell viability would be maintained.
• D)DNA polymerase would re-replicate any damaged regions of DNA.

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