Defination Of Topic 8 Flashcards
Benign tumour
Very large
Slow
Localised
Not life threatening
Malignant
Large
Rapidly
No in 1 location travels in the blood
Increasing methyl groups causes on tumour suppressor gene
More condense dna - histones complex
Gene off
Gene not expressed
Cancer
Uncontrolled mitosis
As doesn’t know when to stop
Increses acetylation on tumour suppressor gene
Less condense dna histones complex
Gene on
Gene expressed
No cancer
No uncontrolled mitosis
As knows then to stop mitosis
Decreases acetylated on tumour suppression gene
More condense dna histones complex
Gene off
Gene not expressed
Cancer
Uncontrolled mitosis
Decreases methylation on tumour suppressor gene
Less complex dna histones complex
Gene is on
Gene expressed
No cancer
No uncontrolled mitosis
Increased acetylation on proto-oncogene
Less complex dna histones complex
Gene on
Gene expression
Cancer
Uncontrolled mitosis
Decreases acetylation on proto-oncogenes
More complex dna histones complex
Gene off
Gene not expressed
No cancer
No uncontrolled mitosis
Increased methylation on proto-oncogene
More condense dna histones complex
Gene off
No cancer
No uncontrolled mitosis
Decreases methylation proto-oncogene
Less condense dna histones complex
Gene on
Gene expressed
Cancer
Uncontrolled mitosis