Chapter 12- The Cell Cycle

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Rb protein

The ________ serves as a gatekeeper that enforces the G1 checkpoint.

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spindle apparatus

The ________ is a structure that produces mechanical forces that:

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Eukaryotic chromosomes

________ consist of DNA wrapped around globular histone proteins.

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Cancer

________ is a general term for disease caused by cells that divide in an uncontrolled fashion, invade nearby tissues, and spread to other sites in the body.

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Regulatory proteins

________ such as p53 are called tumor suppressors.

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Serum

________ is the liquid portion of blood that remains after blood cells and cell fragments have been removed.

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Growth factors

________ are polypeptides or small proteins that stimulate cell division.

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Howard

________ and Pelc coined the term cell cycle to describe the orderly sequence of events that leads a eukaryotic cell through the duplication of its chromosomes to the time it divides.

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Negative feedback

________ occurs when a process is slowed or shut down by one of its products.

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genetic material

The process of copying the ________ is separated, in time, from the partitioning of replicated chromosomes during M Phase.

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telophase

During ________, the nuclear envelope re- forms around each set of chromosomes, and the chromosomes begin to decondense.

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multicellular organisms

In ________, cells that keep dividing in this way may die or form a mass of cells called a tumor.

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Centrosome

________ is a structure that contains a pair of centrioles.

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sister chromatids

At the start of anaphase, the cohesins that hold ________ together at 1e centromeres are cleaved by an enzyme.

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MPF

The substance that initiates M- phase in oocytes is now called the M- phase- promoting factor, or ________.

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Mitosis

________ begins with the events of prophase which is when chromosomes condense into compact structures.

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MPF deactivation

________ illustrates two key concepts about regulatory systems in cells:

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DNA copies

Each of the double- stranded ________ in a replicated chromosome is called a chromatid.

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Removal of the envelope

________ allows the cytoplasmic microtubules to attach to chromosomes at specialized structures called kinetochores.

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Chromatid copies

________ that remain attached at their centromere are referred to as sister chromatids.

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MPF

________ is a dimer consisting of a cyclin and a cyclin- dependent kinase.

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The four cell-cycle checkpoints have the same purpose

They prevent the division of cells that are damaged or that have other problems

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Chromosome

refers to these threadlike structures

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Gene

is a region of DNA in a chromosome that codes for a particular protein or ribonucleic acid (RNA).

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Chromatid

Each of the double-stranded DNA copies in a replicated chromosome is called a

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