Kapitel 17 Flashcards
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Stage of mitosis during which chromosome segregation occurs as chromosomes move toward the two spindle poles.
anaphase A
Stage of mitosis during which chromosome segregation occurs as spindle poles separate and move apart.
anaphase B
Ubiquitin ligase that catalyzes the ubiquitylation and destruction of securin and M- and S-cyclins - initiating the separation of sister chromatids in the metaphase-to-anaphase transition during mitosis.
anaphase-promoting complex (APC/C; cyclosome)
In the mitotic spindle - any of the microtubules radiating from the aster which are not attached to a kinetochore of a chromosome.
astral microtubule
Protein kinase activated by double-strand DNA breaks. If breaks are not repaired - ATM initiates a signal cascade that culminates in cell cycle arrest. Related to ATR.
ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein)
Protein kinase activated by DNA damage. If damage remains unrepaired - ATR helps initiate a signal cascade that culminates in cell cycle arrest. Related to ATM.
ATR (ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3 related protein)
The attachment of sister chromatids to opposite poles of the mitotic spindle - so that they move to opposite ends of the cell when they separate in anaphase.
bi-orientation
A four-chromatid structure formed during meiosis - consisting of a duplicated chromosome tightly paired with its homologous duplicated chromosome.
bivalent
Activating subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC/C).
Cdc20
Protein phosphatase that dephosphorylates Cdks and increases their activity.
Cdc25
Protein essential in the preparation of DNA for replication. With Cdt1 it binds to an origin recognition complex on chromosomal DNA and helps load the Mcm proteins onto the complex to form the prereplicative complex.
Cdc6
Activating subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC/C).
Cdh1
Protein that binds to and inhibits cyclin–Cdk complexes - primarily involved in the control of G1 and S phases.
Cdk inhibitor protein (CKI)
Protein kinase that phosphorylates Cdks in cyclin–Cdk complexes - activating the Cdk.
Cdk-activating kinase (CAK)
Protein essential in the preparation of DNA for replication. With Cdc6 it binds to origin recognition complexes on chromosomes and helps load the Mcm proteins on to the complex - forming the prereplicative complex.
Cdt1
Reproductive cycle of a cell: the orderly sequence of events by which a cell duplicates its chromosomes and - usually - the other cell contents - and divides into two. (Figure 17–4)
cell cycle (cell-division cycle)
Flattened membrane-bounded structure that forms by fusing vesicles in the cytoplasm of a dividing plant cell and is the precursor of the new cell wall.
cell plate
Network of regulatory proteins that governs progression of a eukaryotic cell through the cell cycle.
cell-cycle control system
X-shaped connection visible between paired homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Represents a site of chromosomal crossing-over - a form of genetic recombination.
chiasma (plural chiasmata)
Complex of proteins that holds sister chromatids together along their length before their separation. (Figure 17–19)
cohesin - cohesin complex
Complex of proteins involved in chromosome condensation prior to mitosis. Target for M-Cdk. (Figure 17–22)
condensin - condensin complex
Ring containing actin and myosin that forms under the surface of animal cells undergoing cell division. Contracts to pinch the two daughter cells apart. (Figure 17–42)
contractile ring
Protein that periodically rises and falls in concentration in step with the eukaryotic cell cycle. Cyclins activate crucial protein kinases (called cyclin-dependent protein kinases - or Cdks) and thereby help control progression from one stage of the cell cycle to the next.
cyclin
Protein kinase that has to be complexed with a cyclin protein in order to act. Different cyclin–Cdk complexes trigger different steps in the cell-division cycle by phosphorylating specific target proteins. (Figure 17–10)
cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk)
Protein complex formed periodically during the eukaryotic cell cycle as the level of a particular cyclin increases. A cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) then becomes partially activated. (Figures 17–10 and 17–11 - and Table 17–1 - p. 969)
cyclin–Cdk complex
see anaphase-promoting complex
cyclosome
Division of the cytoplasm of a plant or animal cell into two - as distinct from the associated division of its nucleus (which is mitosis). Part of M phase. (Panel 17–1 - pp. 980–981)
cytokinesis
Transcription regulatory protein that switches on many genes that encode proteins required for entry into the S phase of the cell cycle.
E2F protein
State of withdrawal from the eukaroytic cell-division cycle by entry into a quiescent digression from the G1 phase. A common - sometimes permanent - state for differentiated cells.
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