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chapter 9
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Cell cycle | process of cellular reproduction, occurring in three main stages |
Chromatin | relaxed form of dna in the nucleus of a cell |
Chromosome | dna-containing structure that carries genetic material from one generation to another |
Cytokinesis | third main stage of the cell division by stimulating production of proteins required for mitosis |
Interphase | first stage of the cell cycle, during which a cell grows, matures and replicates its dna |
Mitosis | second main stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's replicate dna divides and two genetically identical diploid daughter cells are produced |
Anaphase | third stage of mitosis in which sister chromatids are pulled apart and microtublues, along with motor proteins move the chomosomes to opposite poles of the cell |
Centromere | cell structure that joins two sister chromatids |
Metaphase | second stage of mitosis in which motor proteins pull sister chromatids to the cell's equator |
Prophase | first stage of mitosis, during which the cell's chromatin condenses into chromosomes |
Sister chromatid | structure that contains identical dna copies and formed during dna replication |
Spindle apparatus | structure made of spindle fibers, centrioles, and aster fibers that is involved in moving and organizing chromosomes before the cell divides |
Telophase | last stage of mitosis in which nucleoli reappear. Two new nuclear memberanes begin to form, but the cell has not yet completely divided |
Apoptosis | programmed cell death |
Cancer | uncontroled growth and division of cells that can be caused by changes in control of the cell cycle and also may be caused by environmental factors |
Carcinogen | cancer-causing substance |
Cyclin | one of the specific proteins that regulate the cell cycle |
Stem cell | unspecialized cell that can develop into a specialized cell under the right conditions |
dependent kinase | enzyme to which cyclin binds during interphase and mitosis, triggering and controlling activities during the cell cycle |