Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
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Chapter 9, Problem 5TYU
The drug cytochalasin B blocks the function of actin. Which of the following aspects of the animal cell cycle would be most disrupted by cytochalasin B?
- A. spindle formation
- B. spindle attachment to kinetochores
- C. cell elongation during anaphase
- D. cleavage furrow formation and cytokinesis
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