What Is One Reason Why Tumor Suppressor Genes Make Poor

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is one reason why tumor suppressor genes make poor drugable targets?

• A)The tumor suppressor proteins may not even be produced.
• B)Tumor suppresor mutations generally result in a greater activity of the protein so that inhibiting the protein is more difficult.
• C)It is difficult to distinguish with a drug the normal and mutated forms of the tumor suppressor proteins.
• D)It is difficult to get the drugs that can target tumor suppressor proteins into cancer cells.

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