Question 17

(Short Answer)

Indicate whether each of the following descriptions better applies to proto-oncogenes (P) or tumor suppressor genes (T). Your answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters P and T only, e.g. PPPT.
( ) Cancer mutations in these genes are usually recessive.
( ) Cancer mutations in these genes include gene duplications.
( ) Cancer mutations in these genes are responsible for most hereditary cancers.
( ) Cancer mutations in these genes are commonly in the form of nonsense (truncating) mutations that abort protein synthesis.

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Truncating mutations in tumor suppress...

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