Your friend works in a biotech company that has just discovered a drug that seems to promote lamellipodia formation in cells. Which of the following molecules is unlikely to be directly involved in the pathway that this drug affects? (a) Rac

(b) ARP

(c) actin

(d) myosin

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Whitney Vincent

19 July, 05:25

Your friend works in a biotech company that has just discovered a drug that seems to promote lamellipodia formation in cells. Which of the following molecules is unlikely to be directly involved in the pathway that this drug affects? (a) Rac

(b) ARP

(c) actin

(d) myosin

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Linda Beasley · Answer 1

(d) myosin

Explanation:

Lamellipodia is a thin, sheet like protrusions found at the edge of the membrane of Motile cells. All of the mentioned cells are motile in the body except that of Myosin. Myosin is thin filament present in muscle cells along with Actin. Actin move to and fro to the myosin during contraction and relaxation of Muscles.

Your friend works in a biotech company that has just discovered a drug that seems to promote lamellipodia formation in cells. Which of the following molecules is unlikely to be directly involved in the pathway that this drug affects? (a) Rac(b) ARP(c) actin(d) myosin

Your friend works in a biotech company that has just discovered a drug that seems to promote lamellipodia formation in cells. Which of the following molecules is unlikely to be directly involved in the pathway that this drug affects? (a) Rac

(b) ARP

(c) actin

(d) myosin