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1
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Enables proteins to bind to phosphotyrosines

A

SH2 or PTB domains

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2
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Enables proteins to bind proline-rich regions of proteins

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golgi

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3
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The activity of the Sos protein

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Ras-GEF

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4
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Constitutive Ras activity is associated with

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cancer

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5
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associated with the inner nuclear membrane

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intermediate filaments (lamins)

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6
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found at the cell cortex and within microvilli

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actin filaments

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7
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the contractile ring is made of this

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actin (and myosin)

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8
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forms actin bundles that can associate with myosin II

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alpha-actinin

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9
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binds individual actin subunits, preventing assembly

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thymosin

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10
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prevents actin:myosin cross-bridging

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tropomyosin

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11
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nucleates new actin fiber formation on the side of existing fibers

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Arp2/3 complex

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12
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binds individual subunits and speeds elongation

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profilin

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13
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What does kinesin-13 do

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it is a catastrophe factor that destabilizes microtubules

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14
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associate with the growing plus ends of microtubules

A

+Tips

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15
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What is the function of stathmin?

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binds pairs of microtubule dimers, preventing polymerization

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16
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Associates with the minus ends and is found at the MTOC

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gamma-TuRC

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17
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What nucleotide to tubulin proteins bind and what happens when it is hydrolyzed

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alpha and beta bind GTP:GDP if beta tubulin binds GDP, the protofilaments/microtubules become less stable

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18
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What fluorescent dye is typically used for cell cycle analysis by flow cytometry (a DNA histogram)

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Propidium iodide (PI)

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19
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Cyclin-Cdk complexes G-Cdk, G/S-Cdk, S-Cdk, and M-Cdk go with what cyclins and Cdk partners?

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G-Cdk - Cyclin D ; Cdk4, Cdk6
G/S-Cdk - Cyclin E ; Cdk2
S-Cdk - Cyclin A ; Cdk2, Cdk1
M-Cdk - Cyclin B ; Cdk1

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20
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Mitogens signaling via Ras activate a

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MAP kinase cascade

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21
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Which transcription factor stimulates delayed-response gene expression

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Myc

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22
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How is Rb inactivated?

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by phosphorylation

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23
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What might excessive mitogen signaling lead to?

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Myc and p53-dependent cell cycle arrest or apoptosis

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24
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DNA double strand breaks activate which kinase?

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ATM

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25
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UV-induced DNA damage induces which kinase?

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ATR

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26
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How do Chk1/Chk2 destabilize the p53:Mdm2 complex?

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phosphorylation of p53

27
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How does p53 activation lead to cell cycle arrest?

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Expression of the CKI, p21

28
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What negative feedback mechanism regulates p53 levels?

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p53 can transactivate the Mdm2 gene, leading to p53 oscillations in response to persistent DNA double strand breaks

29
Q

cells responding to signaling factors they secrete themselves

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autocrine signaling

30
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different types of intercellular signaling

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contact dependent, paracrine, synaptic, endocrine

31
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positive feedback can generate

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all or none responses

32
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What are some cell surface receptors?

A

ion channel coupled receptors,
G protein coupled receptors,
enzyme coupled receptors

33
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What are some intracellular receptors?

A

preformed signaling complex on a scaffold protein
assembly of signaling complex on an activated receptor
assembly of signaling complex on phosphoinositide docking

34
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intracellular signaling proteins can act as molecular switches by?

A

GTP binding or phosphorylation

35
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What are some mechanisms of receptor desensitization

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receptor down regulation
receptor inactivation
receptor sequestrination
inactivation of signaling protein
production of inhibitory protein
36
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How do G proteins work

A

ligands binding to GPCR activate G proteins

37
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cAMP activates which enzyme?

38
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What binding domain enables proteins to bind to phosphoinositides?

39
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How are RTKs activated?

A

by signaling proteins that cause dimerization and trans-autophosphorylation of RTKs

40
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What are MAPK cascades?

A

central signaling pathways that regulates a wide variety of cellular processes

41
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The PI 3 kinase pathway promotes what

A

cell survival and growth

42
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What transmits info from extracellular chemical signals to the nucleus resulting in DNA transcription and expression of genes

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JAK/STAT signaling

43
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What happens in interphase?

A

cell grows and makes a copy of its DNA

44
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What happens in M phase?

A

cell separates DNA into 2 sets and divides cytoplasm

45
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What are the major control steps of the cell cycle?

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start transition, G2/M, metaphase to anaphase

46
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Activation of Cdk requires what?

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a CAK - Cdk activating kinase

47
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How is Cdk activity regulated?

A

by inhibitory phosphorylation and cyclin level changes

48
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what are the phases of mitosis?

A

prophase metaphase anaphase telophase

49
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what are the 3 types of microtubules?

A

astral kinetochore interpolar

50
Q

major motor proteins of mitotic spindle

A

kinesins and dyneins

51
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cohesins do what

A

regulate separation of sister chromatids

52
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cytokinesis is driven by

A

an actin contractile ring containing myosin II

53
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3 major types of cytoskeletal protein filaments

A

actin, microtubules, intermediate filaments

54
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nucleation is what in the formation of cytoskeletal polymers

A

rate limiting step

55
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critical concentration is

A

when steady state phase is reached

56
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toxins that affect actin filaments

A

actin and tubulin

57
Q

listeria moves by

A

polymerizing actin

58
Q

smooth muscle does not express

59
Q

microtubules are formed

A

by the polymerization of a dimer of 2 globular proteins

60
Q

tubulin forms

A

microtubulin

61
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which end of microtubules is more dynamic

A

positive end

62
Q

rescue phase=

catastrophe phase=

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growth phase

shrinking

63
Q

kinesin moves to

dyneins move to

A

kinesins move to plus end dyneins move to minus end

64
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cell projection is a

A

cell protrusion

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