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Cell Death
we hardly knew ye
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
11/17/2006

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Term
Protease, capsase
Definition
carries out apoptosis, cuts shit up
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Bcl-2, what is it and give examples
Definition
"Death promotors", Bax or Bak
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Mitogens
Definition
growth, cell division
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Growth factors
Definition
promote synthesis, inhibit degredation
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Trophic factors
Definition
inhibits apoptosis so cell can live
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Rb
Definition
supresses transcription, must be inhibited itself to allow cell division
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Cell death can be good. Nerve cells?
Definition
Some cells need constant levels of trophic factors, if they don't get them, they die. i.e. nerve cells, must reach target cells, only ones who get to it in time survive
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Trophic factors overcome apoptosis how?
Definition
Inhibition of Bcl-2s. Sometimes.
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M-CDK
Definition
prepares cell for meitosis (shrinks chromosomes, mtubles to form mitotic spindle, nuclear envelope to break down
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