A New Drug Is Developed Thatinhibits Formation of the Flagellar

question 29

Multiple Choice

A new drug is developed thatinhibits formation of the flagellar filament by impairing production of the protein flagellin.Is this going to be a good drug?

• A)Potentially-it would definitely only impair bacteria,but wouldn't matter for the ones that don't use a flagellum to move around.
• B)Potentially-if it could be shown that it also didn't impair the production of the eukaryotic flagellum.
• C)No-our eukaryotic cells depend on flagella to move around in our body,and this would impair that function.
• D)No-bacterial flagella are produced using microtubules,not the protein flagellin.This drug would be useless in eliminating bacteria.

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