Cytogenetic studies in a 40-year-old woman with follicular lymphoma demonstrate a t(14;18) chromosomal translocation involving the bcl-2 gene. Constitutive expression of the protein encoded by the bcl-2 gene inhibits which of the following processes in this patient's transformed lymphocytes?
Apoptosis DNA excision repair G1-to-S cell cycle progression Oxidative phosphorylation