One type of cancer is caused by a dominant mutation that causes the protein Raf kinase to always be active.
Question 1
Part 1
How would you classify the normal (non-mutant) version of the Raf kinase gene?
Responses
Tumor suppressor
Tumor suppressor
Proto-oncogene
Proto-oncogene
Oncogene
Oncogene
Tumor suppressor, proto-oncogene, or oncogene
Tumor suppressor, proto-oncogene, or oncogene
Question 2
Part 2
Sort each scenario based on whether it is more likely to be cancer-causing or non-cancer-causing.