NBME 20 β-Tubulin (NBME Answers)

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nbme20/Block 3/Question#31 (22.4 difficulty score)
A 62-year-old woman comes to the physician ...
β-Tubulin🔍,📺
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submitted by dickass(103),

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aialxPctel hbipetreiazysls eirydmlzope irutosmuelcb dm(ea up of a-phal dan aeb-t tb)uiunl

md_caffeiner And clinical use is in breast and ovarian CA (FA19 433) +2

len49 TAXes stabilize society. +1

alimd Tarzan: taxanes (e.g. paclitaxel, docetaxel, cabazitaxel. SKETCHY +

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submitted by celeste(85),

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-ianbelBtTuu si a btuinus fo lntuuib. lubuTni si noe of asleevr srbemem of a samll lfmiya of aulbrlgo esptnor.i It si eht mroja tetusnnocti fo c.lbuiserutmo eerTh aer two of otms ocmonm rseebmm fo eth tubnilu :lyafmi atbn-uhiplula nad uutbblie-n,ta dan tgtoerhe ertih sdiemr rfmo ru.suitcmlboe (mceo.erogni)

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Viacn adn ntapl lkoisdala bidn iB,un-ltbu hiwch tihbnsii eht nmraotifo ro eiasldbsmsy or oueibrusltcm, sevlecerp.tiy

md_caffeiner Vinca is a plant alkaloid and it has vinblastin, vincristine, which bind β-tubulin and inhibit its polymerization into microtubules Paclitaxel hyperstabilizes and prevents breakdown, its not a Vinca alkaloid. (FA+Wikipedia) +2

md_caffeiner What I mean is they are both derived from plants. +