Chapter 12, Problem 12PIAT

Summary Introduction

To review:

When actively growing cells are treated with Taxol, they often are unable to complete the cell cycle. Explain which checkpoint likely causes these cells to arrest.

Introduction:

The cell-cycle checkpoints are the points or stops in the cell cycle that help in the regulation of cell cycle. The defective checkpoint results in the uncontrolled cell division that could result in tumor formation. The functional check points arrest the cell in a particular stage if there is any defect in that stage of the cell cycle.