Use reasoning to answer the following question. One tumor suppressor protein which often results in cancer when it stops functioning is:
Options:
- (A) gene
- (B) p53
- (C) tumors
- (D) HIV
- (E) enzyme
- (F) tRNA
- (G) DNA
- (H) TRH
Cancer is a disease that occurs when the cell cycle is no longer regulated. Another critical protein in regulating the cell cycle is the tumor suppressor protein p53 . Cancer is a disease that often results when tumor suppresor proteins, like p53, stop functioning.
So, the answer is (B).