Cancer & Autoimmune Disease: Quiz the Fourth

Description

BSc (Hons) Biology Quiz on Cancer & Autoimmune Disease: Quiz the Fourth, created by Sami-Jaine on 09/05/2013.
Sami-Jaine
Quiz by Sami-Jaine, updated more than 1 year ago
Sami-Jaine
Created by Sami-Jaine about 11 years ago
65
0

Resource summary

Question 1

Question
TP53 is the gene that encodes for the protein p53. It is one of the most commonly defected genes in human cancers. A normal p53 protein helps control cancer development through its involvement in...
Answer
  • inhibition of angiogenesis
  • genomic stability
  • apoptosis
  • all of the above

Question 2

Question
Atrophy is described as
Answer
  • The enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells.
  • The acquired shrinkage due to a decrease in the size or number of cells in a tissue
  • Abnormal change in the nature of a tissue.

Question 3

Question
Proto-oncogenes are the unmutated versions of oncogenes that normally control how often a cell divides and the degree to which it differentiates. How many alleles are required for a proto-oncogene to becomes a mutated oncogene.
Answer
  • none
  • one
  • two
  • three

Question 4

Question
Hypertrophy involves the increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the ____ of cells.
Answer
  • productivity
  • size
  • number

Question 5

Question
Mouse Skin Question: Applying on initiating agents alone results in...
Answer
  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 6

Question
Mouse Skin Question: Applying an initiating agent followed by a promoter results in...
Answer
  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 7

Question
Mouse Skin Question: the application of a promoter several months after the application of an initiating agent results in....
Answer
  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 8

Question
Mouse Skin Question: Applying promoter alone results in...
Answer
  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 9

Question
Mouse Skin Question: Applying an initiating agent after the promoter results in...
Answer
  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 10

Question
Which of the following are considered the "3 rules of infections and cancer"?
Answer
  • The viruses involved all establish a persistent infection and are often widespread in the normal human population
  • Cancer develops only in a small proportion of infected people, usually many years after their initial viral infection
  • The viruses involved all establish a persistent infection and are never found in the normal human population
  • Virus infection is just one link in a complex chain of events required for cancer development
Show full summary Hide full summary

Similar

Biology- Genes, Chromosomes and DNA
Laura Perry
Biology- Genes and Variation
Laura Perry
GCSE AQA Biology - Unit 2
James Jolliffe
GCSE Biology AQA
isabellabeaumont
Cell Transport
Elena Cade
Function and Structure of DNA
Elena Cade
Cells And Cell Techniques - Flashcards (AQA AS-Level Biology)
Henry Kitchen
GCSE Biology - Homeostasis and Classification Flashcards
Beth Coiley
Haemoglobin
Elena Cade
BIOLOGY HL DEFINITIONS IB
Luisa Mandacaru
Biology B1.1 - Genes
raffia.khalid99