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Cell biology VI Flashcards

1
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What is the role of microtubule-associated proteins?

A

Stabilize microtubules

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2
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What is the diameter of a microfilament?

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6-8 nm

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3
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What are the subunits of microfilaments?

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Actin

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4
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Actin subunits make up what cytoskeletal component?

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Microfilaments

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5
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What drug inhibits polymerization of actin?

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Cytocalasin B

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6
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What is the function of Cytocalasin B?

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Prevents polymerization of actin subunits

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7
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What are the functions of microfilaments?

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1) Structural support2) Form core of microvilli and stereocilia3) Cell movement4) Cytokinesis5) Formation of filopodia and lamellipodia

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8
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What is the diameter of thick filaments?

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12-16 nm

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9
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What are the subunits of thick filaments?

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Myosin

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10
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Myosin makes up which cytoskeletal component?

A

Thick filaments

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11
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What is the diameter of intermediate filaments?

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About 10 nm

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12
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Cytokeratins are what kind of cytoskeletal component?

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Intermediate filament

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13
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Desmin is what kind of cytoskeletal component?

A

Intermediate filament

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14
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Where are cytokeratins localized?

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Epithelial cells

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15
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Where is desmin localized?

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Muscle (smooth and striated)

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16
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Glial fibrillary acidic proteins (GFAPs) are what kind of cytoskeletal component?

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Intermediate filament

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17
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Where are glial fibrillary acidic proteins (GFAPs) localized?

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Astrocytic glial cells

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18
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Neurofilament proteins are what kind of cytoskeletal component?

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Intermediate filament

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19
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Where are neurofilaments localized?

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Neurons

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20
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Nuclear lamins are what kind of cytoskeletal component?

A

Intermediate filament

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21
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Where are nuclear lamins localized?

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Nucleus of all cells

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22
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Vimentin is what kind of cytoskeletal component?

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Intermediate filament

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23
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Where is vimentin localized?

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Many mesodermal tissues

24
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Mallory bodies are characteristic of what disease?

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Alcoholic liver disease

25
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Mallory bodies are made up of what type of intermediate filament?

A

Cytokeratins

26
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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex is a disease characterized by lack of assembly of what intermediate filament?

27
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What do cytokeratins form?

A

Tonofilaments

28
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Vimentin is found in what cell types?

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1) Fibroblasts2) Chondroblasts

29
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GFAP aggregates are observed in what diseases?

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1) Alexander disease2) Chronic gliosis3) Astrocytomas

30
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What are Rosenthal’s fibers?

A

Aggregations of GFAPs

31
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Pathologists can determine tumor type based on what cytoskeletal component?

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Intermediate filaments

32
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The centrosome (MTOC) conducts what microtubular processes / properties?

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1) Number2) Polarity3) Direction4) Orientation5) Organization

33
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What makes up the centrosome (MTOC)?

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Two centrioles and an amorphous pericentriolar material

34
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What is the arrangement of centrioles?

A

9x3 arrangement of microtubules

35
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How are basal bodies formed?

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Centrioles replicate to form procentrioles, which then become basal bodies

36
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What are basal bodies required for?

A

Formation of microtubules associated with cilia and flagella

37
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How is the centrosome involved in mitosis?

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Formation of mitotic spindle

38
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Are neoplastic cells with well-differentiated nuclei usually benign or malignant?

39
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Are nuclei basophilic or acidophilic?

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Basophilic

40
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What are the components of the nucleus?

A

1) Nuclear envelope (double unit membrane)2) Nuclear matrix (nucleoplasm)3) Chromatin4) Nuclear bodies (domains)

41
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What is the function of Cajal bodies?

A

Modification and assembly of molecular machinery to splice newly transcribed pre-mRNA into mRNA

42
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What are GEMs?

A

Gemini of Cajal bodies

43
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What is the cause of spinal muscular atrophy?

A

Mutation of survival of motor neurons (SMN) gene. SMN protein localizes to GEMs and causes death of motor neurons in anterior gray horns of spinal cord

44
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What are PML bodies and what do they do?

A

1) Promyelocytic leukemia bodies2) Modify and assembly proteins involved in DNA repair and triggering of apoptosis

45
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What is the diameter of a nuclear pore?

46
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How many subunits make up a nuclear pore?

47
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What is the diameter limit for freely permeable molecules and ions passing through the nuclear pore?

48
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The nuclear pore selectively transports what molecules?

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1) RNA2) Ribosomal subunits3) Proteins4) Other molecules and ions

49
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What are the functions of the nuclear lamina?

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1) Supports inner nuclear membrane2) Disassembly of nuclear envelope during prometaphase - lamins are phosphorylated3) Reassembly of nuclear envelope during telophase - lamins are dephosphorylated

50
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During disassembly of the nuclear envelope in prometaphase, are lamins phosphorylated or desphosphorylated?

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Phosphorylated

51
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During reassembly of the nuclear envelope in telophase, are lamins phosphorylated or desphosphorylated?

A

Dephosphrylated

52
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Mutations in the nuclear lamina are associated with what diseases?

A

1) One form of muscular dystrophy2) Two forms of progeria

53
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What is the basic structural unit of chromatin?

A

Nucleosome

54
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Is heterochromatin transcriptionally active or inactive?

55
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Is euchromatin transcriptionally active or inactive?

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