In an experiment on the cell cycle, a researcher repeatedly injects a mouse with a variety of cyclin-dependent kinases, including mitosis-promoting factor (MPF). The compounds are delivered to the thyroid gland through a carrier complex in the blood. As the experiment continues, which change to the thyroid gland of the mouse is most likely to occur?

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Aimee Ramos

7 February, 02:49

In an experiment on the cell cycle, a researcher repeatedly injects a mouse with a variety of cyclin-dependent kinases, including mitosis-promoting factor (MPF). The compounds are delivered to the thyroid gland through a carrier complex in the blood. As the experiment continues, which change to the thyroid gland of the mouse is most likely to occur?

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Killian · Answer 1

A cancerous tumor will form in the thyroid

Explanation:

Cyclin-dependent kinases are proteinous in nature. They perform z series of biological activities in the body. They are responsible for controlling the cycle of a cell.

Cyclin-dependent kinases when they are mutated can cause the cells present in the human body to begin to multiply and divide uncontrollably thereby resulting in the formation of cancerous cells in the body.

This is why when a researcher repeatedly injects a mouse with a variety of cyclin-dependent kinases, including mitosis-promoting factor (MPF) and they are delivered to the thyroid gland by carrier complex in the blood, the cells in the thyroid would start to multiply uncontrollably thereby causing a cancerous tumor to be formed in the thyroid.