In Most Individuals with Inherited Colon Cancer Susceptibility Who Do

question 3

Multiple Choice

In most individuals with inherited colon cancer susceptibility who do not have excessive numbers of benign and premalignant polyps, the cancer susceptibility is caused by a heterozygous defect in a gene for:

• A)Postreplication mismatch repair.
• B)Genome-wide nucleotide excision repair.
• C)The lipid phosphatase PTEN.
• D)The antiapoptotic protein Bcl2.
• E)The transcriptional regulator p53.

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Definitions:

Labor-Force Participation Rate

The percentage of the working-age population that is in the labor force, including both employed and unemployed individuals.

Employed

The state of having paid work or being engaged in an activity or enterprise as a means of earning an income.

Labor-Force Participation Rate

The proportion of the adult population that is either employed or actively looking for employment.

Marginally Attached Workers

Individuals not currently in the labor force who have looked for work within the last year but not in the last four weeks, often due to temporary barriers.