DNA Structure
The Cell Cycle
Cell Cycle Regulators
Checkpoints
Misc.
100

DNA wraps around proteins known as _________ to form nucleosomes.

Histones

100

The _________ made of _________ appears during cytokinesis in animals.

Cleavage Furrow, Actin Filaments
100

Concentration of ________ varies throughout the cell cycle.

Cyclins

100

Where a cell goes if it does not pass the G1 checkpoint.

G0

100

The name of the person who had immortal cells.

Henrietta Lacks

200

All of a cell's genetic information.

Genomes

200
Consists of 90% of the cell cycle.

G1 "first gap" Phase

200

__________ retains a constant concentration throughout the cell cycle.

Cyclin Dependent Kinases (CDKs)

200

What happens to a cell when it does not pass the G2 checkpoint.

Apoptosis

200

The term for when abnormal cells from a tumor spread to other parts of the body.

Metastasis

300

Two chromosomes that are the same length, have the same centromere position, and carry genes controlling the same characteristics.

Homologous Chromosomes

300

Formed by vesicles produced by the Golgi apparatus during cytokinesis.

Cell Plate

300

List the three external cell cycle regulators.

Growth Factors, Contact Inhibition, and Anchorage Dependence
300

Definition of quiescent.

Nondividing

300

Somatic cells are ______ and gametic cells are ______.

Diploid, Haploid
400

Protein attached to the centromere that link each sister chromatid to the mitotic spindle.

Kinetochore

400

Phase the nuclear envelope fragments.

Prometaphase
400

Name of the external regulator that stops the cell cycle in the G1 phase.

Contact Inhibition

400

The stage of mitosis that happens next when the cell passes the M checkpoint.

Anaphase

400

Name two specific somatic cells and two specific gametic cells.

Somatic: muscle, stomach, etc. 

Gametic: egg, sperm

500

Order these from smallest to largest:

     i. Chromatin

     ii. Histones

     iii. Nulceosomes

     iv. Chromosome

1. Histones   2. Nucleosomes   3. Chromatin   4. Chromosome

500

Name the three phases of Interphase and the two phases of M phase in order.

Interphase: G1, S, G2

M Phase: Mitosis, Cytokinesis

500

Anchorage dependence relies on contact with other ______ or the ________ ___________ to divie.

Cells, Extracellular Matrix

500

What the M checkpoint checks for and what happens if a cell does not pass this checkpoint.

Checks for: Microtubule attachment to chromosomes at kinetochores

When a cell does not pass: Mitosis will pause so spindles can attach to chromosomes

500

Malignant tumors have lost ______ _________ and can leave the tumor site.

Anchorage Dependency