Question 91

(Multiple Choice)

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
A few decades ago,Knudsen and colleagues proposed a theory that,for a normal cell to become a cancer cell,a minimum of two genetic changes had to occur in that cell.Knudsen was studying retinoblastoma,a childhood cancer of the eye.
-Which of the following types of mutation would convert a proto-oncogene into an oncogene?


A)a mutation that blocks transcription of the proto-oncogene
B)a mutation that creates an unstable proto-oncogene mRNA
C)a mutation that greatly increases the amount of the proto-oncogene protein
D)a deletion of most of the proto-oncogene coding sequence
E)a deletion of the 5' upstream region of the proto-oncogene coding sequence

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