The Development of a Cancerous Cell Is Said to Require

question 41

Multiple Choice

The development of a cancerous cell is said to require ʺmultiple hits.ʺ This means

• A) multiple cell cycle regulators are inactivated at once.
• B) multiple oncogenic viruses infect the cell at the same time.
• C) a series of separate events over time lead to the loss of cell cycle regulation.
• D) the cell must be infected with several different types of viruses to be transformed.
• E) several protoncogenes are activated at the same time.

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