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Which word or phrase below best describes the phase in mitosis depicted in Figure 18-29? Which word or phrase below best describes the phase in mitosis depicted in Figure 18-29?   Figure 18-29 A) anaphase B) prometaphase C) S-phase checkpoint D) metaphase Figure 18-29


A) anaphase
B) prometaphase
C) S-phase checkpoint
D) metaphase

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For each of the following sentences, fill in the blanks with the best word or phrase selected from the list below.Not all words or phrases will be used; each word or phrase should be used only once.  able  hexokinase  short  asynchronously  inhibitory  sperm Cdk long  steady  conserved M stimulatory  cyclin  maturation promoting factor  substrate  divergent  oscillate  synchronously  egg  PI 3-kinase  ubiquitin  fibroblast  regulin  unable G1 S uniform G2\begin{array}{lll}\text { able } & \text { hexokinase } & \text { short } \\\text { asynchronously } & \text { inhibitory } & \text { sperm } \\\mathrm{Cdk} & \text { long } & \text { steady } \\\text { conserved } & \mathrm{M} & \text { stimulatory } \\\text { cyclin } & \text { maturation promoting factor } & \text { substrate } \\\text { divergent } & \text { oscillate } & \text { synchronously } \\\text { egg } & \text { PI 3-kinase } & \text { ubiquitin } \\\text { fibroblast } & \text { regulin } & \text { unable } \\\mathrm{G}_{1} & \mathrm{~S} & \text { uniform } \\\mathrm{G}_{2} & &\end{array} Many features of __________ cells make them suitable for biochemical studies of the cell-cycle control system.For example, the cells are unusually large and are arrested in a __________-like phase.When the cells are triggered to resume cycling, the cell divisions have especially __________ G1 and G2 phases and occur __________.Studies with Xenopus eggs identified a partly purified activity called __________ that drives a resting Xenopus oocyte into M phase.MPF activity was found to __________ during the cell cycle, although the amount of its kinase component, called __________, remained constant.The regulatory component of MPF, called __________, has a __________ effect on MPF activity and plays a part in regulating interactions with its __________s.The components of MPF are evolutionarily __________ from yeast to humans, so that the corresponding human genes are __________ to function in yeast.

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Many features of egg cells make them sui...

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The G1 DNA damage checkpoint


A) causes cells to proceed through S phase more quickly.
B) involves the degradation of p53.
C) is activated by errors caused during DNA replication.
D) involves the inhibition of cyclin-Cdk complexes by p21.

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What would be the most obvious outcome of repeated cell cycles consisting of S phase and M phase only?


A) The cells would not be able to replicate their DNA.
B) The mitotic spindle could not assemble.
C) The cells would get larger and larger.
D) The cells produced would get smaller and smaller.

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Your friend is intrigued by Cdks and purifies Cdk from the daisy plant.She is able to determine the sequence of 18 amino acids from the daisy Cdk protein.Using these data, she aligns the daisy Cdk sequence with one human Cdk protein and the Cdk proteins from two different kinds of yeast, as shown in Figure 18-25.Sequences identical between the human and fungal proteins have been boxed. Your friend is intrigued by Cdks and purifies Cdk from the daisy plant.She is able to determine the sequence of 18 amino acids from the daisy Cdk protein.Using these data, she aligns the daisy Cdk sequence with one human Cdk protein and the Cdk proteins from two different kinds of yeast, as shown in Figure 18-25.Sequences identical between the human and fungal proteins have been boxed.    Figure 18-25 Such conserved amino acid sequences are often involved in protein-protein interactions.Indeed, the threonine (T) in the central  YTHE  block is known to be phosphorylated by a kinase that activates Cdks in human and yeast.The surrounding conserved sequences could thus be important for the interaction of this Cdk-activating kinase with Cdk.In the daisy Cdk, however, not all of the amino acids in these conserved blocks match the sequences from yeast and human, as indicated by the arrows marked #1 and #2. A.When you replace the S.cerevisiae (budding yeast) Cdk with the daisy Cdk, you discover the daisy Cdk does not interact with the Cdk-activating kinase inside the yeast cell.Circle the amino acid in the daisy Cdk that is likely to be the most disruptive to its interaction with Cdk-activating kinase.Explain. B.Based on the information in Figure 18-25 and what you know about the Cdk1-Cdk-activating kinase interaction, would you predict that the human Cdk will interact with yeast Cdk-activating kinase? Explain. Figure 18-25 Such conserved amino acid sequences are often involved in protein-protein interactions.Indeed, the threonine (T) in the central "YTHE" block is known to be phosphorylated by a kinase that activates Cdks in human and yeast.The surrounding conserved sequences could thus be important for the interaction of this Cdk-activating kinase with Cdk.In the daisy Cdk, however, not all of the amino acids in these conserved blocks match the sequences from yeast and human, as indicated by the arrows marked #1 and #2. A.When you replace the S.cerevisiae (budding yeast) Cdk with the daisy Cdk, you discover the daisy Cdk does not interact with the Cdk-activating kinase inside the yeast cell.Circle the amino acid in the daisy Cdk that is likely to be the most disruptive to its interaction with Cdk-activating kinase.Explain. B.Based on the information in Figure 18-25 and what you know about the Cdk1-Cdk-activating kinase interaction, would you predict that the human Cdk will interact with yeast Cdk-activating kinase? Explain.

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A.The lysine (K) at the position of arro...

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Progression through the cell cycle requires a cyclin to bind to a Cdk because


A) the cyclins are the molecules with the enzymatic activity in the complex.
B) the binding of a cyclin to Cdk is required for Cdk enzymatic activity.
C) cyclin binding inhibits Cdk activity until the appropriate time in the cell cycle.
D) without cyclin binding, a cell-cycle checkpoint will be activated.

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Name the stage of M phase in which the following events occur.Place the numbers 1-8 next to the letter headings to indicate the normal order of events. A.alignment of the chromosomes at the spindle equator B.attachment of spindle microtubules to chromosomes C.breakdown of nuclear envelope D.pinching of cell in two E.separation of two centrosomes and initiation of mitotic spindle assembly F.re-formation of the nuclear envelope G.condensation of the chromosomes H.separation of sister chromatids

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A.5, metaphase
B.4, prometapha...

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Which of the following statements about apoptosis is TRUE?


A) Cells that constitutively express Bcl2 will be more prone to undergo apoptosis.
B) The prodomain of procaspases contains the catalytic activity necessary for procaspase activation.
C) Bax and Bak promote apoptosis by binding to procaspases in the apoptosome.
D) Apoptosis can be promoted by the release of cytochrome c into the cytosol from mitochondria.

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Which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) The cleavage furrow is a puckering of the plasma membrane caused by the constriction of a ring of filaments attached to the plasma membrane.
B) The cleavage furrow will not begin to form in the absence of a mitotic spindle.
C) The cleavage furrow always forms perpendicular to the interpolar microtubules.
D) The cleavage furrow always forms in the middle of the cell.

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Cytokinesis in animal cells


A) requires ATP.
B) leaves a small circular "scar" of actin filaments on the inner surface of the plasma membrane.
C) is often followed by phosphorylation of integrins in the plasma membrane.
D) is assisted by motor proteins that pull on microtubules attached to the cell cortex.

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What would happen to the progeny of a cell that proceeded to mitosis and cell division after entering S phase but had not completed S phase? Keep in mind that highly condensed chromatin, including the centromere region, is replicated late in S phase.Explain your answer.

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The daughter cells would probably die.Th...

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Cells in the G0 state


A) do not divide.
B) cannot reenter the cell cycle.
C) have entered this arrest state from either G1 or G2.
D) have duplicated their DNA.

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Which of the following events does NOT usually occur during interphase?


A) Cells grow in size.
B) The nuclear envelope breaks down.
C) DNA is replicated.
D) The centrosomes are duplicated.

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Figure 18-10 shows a living cell from the lung epithelium of a newt at different stages in M phase.Order these light micrographs into the correct sequence and identify the stage in M phase that each represents. Figure 18-10 shows a living cell from the lung epithelium of a newt at different stages in M phase.Order these light micrographs into the correct sequence and identify the stage in M phase that each represents.    Figure 18-10 Figure 18-10

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The correct order is listed as...

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Mitogens are


A) extracellular signals that stimulate cell division.
B) transcription factors important for cyclin production.
C) kinases that cause cells to grow in size.
D) produced by mitotic cells to keep nearby neighboring cells from dividing.

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Which of the following is NOT good direct evidence that the cell-cycle control system is conserved through billions of years of divergent evolution?


A) A yeast cell lacking a Cdk function can use the human Cdk to substitute for its missing Cdk during the cell cycle.
B) The amino acid sequences of cyclins in plants are similar to the amino acid sequences of cyclins in humans.
C) The Cdk proteins in humans share conserved phosphorylation sites with the Cdk proteins in yeast.
D) Yeast cells have only one Cdk, whereas humans have many Cdks.

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You create cells with a version of the origin recognition complex, ORC, that cannot be phosphorylated by S-Cdk and thus cannot be inactivated.Which of the following statements describes the likely consequence of this change in ORC?


A) Cells will enter S phase prematurely.
B) Cells will replicate some regions of the genome more than once in a cell cycle.
C) ORC will be unable to bind to DNA.
D) DNA helicases will not be able to open up the double helix at the replication origin.

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Why should it be that drugs such as colchicine, which inhibit microtubule polymerization, and drugs such as Taxol®, which stabilize microtubules, both inhibit mitosis?

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Mitosis requires that the spindle microt...

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The lengths of microtubules in various stages of mitosis depend on the balance between the activities of proteins that destabilize microtubules, and microtubule-associated proteins that stabilize them.If you created cells with an increased number of proteins that destabilize molecules, do you predict the length of the mitotic spindle will be longer, shorter, or unchanged, relative to the corresponding stage of mitosis in wild-type cells? What do you predict for a cell with increased numbers of microtubule stabilizing proteins? Explain your reasoning.

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In a cell with excessive microtubule-des...

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Programmed cell death occurs


A) by means of an intracellular suicide program.
B) rarely and selectively only during animal development.
C) only in unhealthy or abnormal cells.
D) only during embryonic development.

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