Grow, Cells, Grow!
The main reason cells divide instead of growing too large.
What is to maintain a high surface area to volume ratio?
The phase of the cell cycle where the cell grows and prepares for division.
What is interphase?
This was discovered in the 1980s that regulate the cell cycle.
What are cyclins?
Cancer is a disease of this.
What is the cell cycle?
The process through which unspecialized cells become specialized.
What is cell differentiation?
The phase where a cell grows and performs its regular functions
What is interphase?
The type of reproduction, which includes budding, binary fission, or the release of spores, is where offspring are genetically identical to the parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
The enzymes that partners with cyclins to advance the cell cycle.
What is cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)?
The term for a mass of cells caused by uncontrolled cell growth.
What is a tumor?
The phase where cells perform specialized roles after differentiation.
What is G0 phase?
The organelle that helps provide energy for cell growth by producing ATP.
What is the mitochondria?
The phase of mitosis where chromosomes align at the cell's center.
What is metaphase?
A process of programmed cell death important in development.
What is apoptosis?
The ability of cancer cells to spread to other body parts.
What is metastasis?
The type of stem cell capable of developing into all body cell types.
What are totipotent stem cells?
This is synthesized during the G1 phase to support cell growth.
The final phase of mitosis when nuclear envelopes re-form.
What is telophase?
This ensures that each stage is completed before moving forward during the cell cycle.
What is the internal regulators?
The type of treatment that targets cancer cell DNA with high-energy waves.
What is radiation therapy?
The type of stem cells primarily found in bone marrow and hair follicles.
What are multipotent stem cells?
This is one reason a high surface-area-to-volume ration is important for cells.
What is to support efficient nutrient uptake and waste removal?
The difference between cytokinesis in plant and animal cells.
What is the formation of a cell plate in plants and a cleavage furrow in animals?
These external regulators help in wound healing and embryonic development.
What are growth factors?
Cancer results from this in genes, specifically oncogenes, that control cell growth and division.
What is a defect?
This research is controversial because arguments for and against involve ethical issues of life and death.
What is human embryonic stem cell research?