Unfamiliar material Flashcards
Cell theory
- All living creature are made of cells
- Cells are basic structural units of all organisms.
- Cells originate from pre-existing cells through cell division.
- Energy flows occurs within cell.
- Hereditary information is passed on from cell to cell.
- All cells have the same basic chemical groups
G1:
Produce cytoplasm, proteins & organelles
* Cells increase in size
G2:
Cell continues to grow & prepare for division.
Cells that stay in G0 phase: (do not divide:
Heart cells, muscle cells, neurons, red blood cells.
Where is Microtubule organizing center: centrosome?
Eukaryotes only.
Not found in plants or fungi.
What are 3 types of microtubules?
- Kinetochore
- Astal
- polar
Kinetochore microtubule
Attach to chromosomes kinetochore.
Produced by mitotic spindle
Astral microtubule
Extend from centrosome to cell membrane.
Spindle apparatus orientation
Push MTOCs to opposite ends.
Polar microtubule
Arise from each MTOCs & connect with each other.
Push MTOCs to opposite ends.
How do.Centrioles look like?
hollow cylinder of 9 triplets of microtubules (9 x 3)
Steps of Animals cytokinesis:
- Beings in late anaphase
- Forms a cleavage furrow
- Myosin motor - travels along actin filament & contracts.
- pulls plasma membrane toward center of cell
- Forms a contractile ring
- Pinches cell in two .
Steps of Plants cytokinesis:
- Beings in telophase.
- Golgi release vesicles - fuse in center of cell & grow outward in membrane.
- creates a cell plate
- Transforms into a middle lamella.
Types of Cell cycle regulation:
- Functional limitation
2. Cell specific regulation
What are the 2 functional limitations?
- Surface to volume ratio
2. Genome to volume ratio
What are 2 possibilities of the surface to volume ratio?
- When volume of cell is too great = cell divides
- When surface area is not large enough = cell limits growth
What are 2 possibilities of the Genomic to volume ratio>
- When the volume of the cell - places demand on cells genome = cell division.
- When the cell is too large relative to the size of genome = Cell will limit growth
What are the 5 cell specific regulations?
- Cyclin-dependent kinases:
- Cell cycle checkpoints:
- Growth factors:
- Density - dependent inhibition
- Anchorage dependence
Cyclin-dependent kinases:
Regulates kinases ~ phosphorylation
Cyclin activates CDK
What are the 3 Cell cycle checkpoints ?
End of G1, End of G2, M checkpoint
End of G1 checkpoint:
Cell growth assessed.
Ex: liver & kidney induced from G0 to G1.
End of G2 checkpoint:
Accuracy of DN replication & mitosis signal (MPF)
M checkpoint:
Chromosomes attached to spindle fibers
Growth factors:
Receptors for growth factors ~ stimulate cell divsion
Density- dependent inhibition
Cells stop dividing - when surrounding cells density reaches a max.
Anchorage dependence
Cells divide - when attached to external surface (neighboring cells)