KROK 1 2019 – Question 78 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
In the hematology unit a patient with leukemia was prescribed 5-Fluorouracil. This drug:
- A. Catalyzes replication
- B. Stimulates DNase
- C. Inhibits DNA synthesis
- D. Inhibits translation
- E. Inhibits transcription
Hint
Treat the drug as an analogue of a pyrimidine base and ask which building block of nucleic acids it makes unavailable to rapidly dividing cells.
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