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Chapter 6, Problem 2LTB
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The property of the cancerous cells exploited by the chemotherapeutic agents.
Introduction:
Cancer is a disease characterized by abnormal cell division. It occurs when cells in a region of the body proliferates in an uncontrolled manner, the excess tissue that develops is called a tumor or neoplasm.
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Ch. 6 - Prob. 1LTBCh. 6 - Prob. 2LTBCh. 6 - A cell that begins mitosis with 46 chromosomes...Ch. 6 - The centromere is a region at which ___________....Ch. 6 - Prob. 5LTBCh. 6 - At metaphase of mitosis, ___________. the...Ch. 6 - Sister chromatids ___________. are two different...Ch. 6 - DNA polymerase ___________. attaches sister...Ch. 6 - Prob. 9LTBCh. 6 - Prob. 10LTB
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