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denis-greek [22]
3 years ago
14

Taxol is an anti-cancer drug that prevents uncontrolled cell proliferation by stabilizing microtubules, which causes arrest of t

he cell cycle. If dividing cells are treated with Taxol, at what stage of the cell cycle would you predict the arrest would occur?a. prophase
b. telophase
c. anaphase
d. metaphase
e. G1 of interphase
Biology
1 answer:
eimsori [14]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

C. Anaphase

Explanation:

Taxol's primary action is to bind to microtubules, especially β-tubulin, and prevent their depolymerization, thereby stabilizing mitotic spindle during anaphase of mitosis which leads to arrest of cell cycle.

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