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Biochemistry, Medicine, Phase 1

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Definition
Cytoskeleton   show
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The cytoskeleton determines   show
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show actin, intermediate filaments, microtubules  
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show microfilaments; composed of actin-binding proteins; comprises 5% total protein  
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show composed of micro-tubule-associated proteins (MAPs)  
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Actin filaments (1)   show
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show G-actin (globular actin)  
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Actin filament (2)   show
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show 7nm  
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Growth of actin filament   show
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G-actin adds more rapidly to   show
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G-actin is removed more rapidly from   show
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show when g-actin is ATP bound it can bind to the growing actin filament; not very stable over time; ATP eventually hydrolyses to ADP and will depolarise and come off at the negative end of the filament  
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show happens a lot during embryogenesis but also adulthood; also pathogensis (metastasis); actin filaments turn over rapidly  
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Major function   show
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Actin-binding proteins   show
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show spectrin; bind to G-actin  
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show geisolin, severin; bind to F-actin  
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show transgelin; bind to F-actin  
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Capping proteins   show
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show bind to G-actin and prevent its polymerising;  
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show alpha-actinin in muscle  
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Motor proteins   show
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Side-binding proteins   show
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show polymer of individual intermediate filament proteins; 10nm in diameter; visible by electro microscope; not dynamic  
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Intermediate filament network   show
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Functions of intermediate filaments   show
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Intermediate filament names by cell type   show
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Mice lack neurofilaments (NF+/-)   show
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Formation of the intermediate filament polymer   show
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show fundamental unit of the intermediary filament; formed from two helical dimers  
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Growth of an intermediate filament   show
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Plectin   show
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Microtubules   show
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Tubulin   show
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Alba tubulin   show
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Beta tubulin   show
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show 25nm in diameter; thirteen columns of tubulin polymer  
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Assembly and disassembly of the microtubule   show
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show centrosomes; minus end remains close the centrosome and the plus end points outward towards the cell periphery  
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show actin filament bundles provide support; dense sheets of actin found in the cortex of cells; maintains the shape of cells e.g. erythrocytes (RBC);  
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show Actin filament bundles provide for absorption in the gut byt forming an adhesion belt  
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Stereocilia   show
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show intermediate filaments and microfilaments support shape  
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Stabilise the shape of plates   show
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Form meshwork around the cell nucleus hold it into position   show
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show actin filaments  
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Organise the ER of a cell   show
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Anchoring cells   show
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show cell motility; e.g.migration of neutrophils (WBC) to sites of infection for phagocytosis F  
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show cell pushes out protrusions at the front (leading edge); actin filament polymerisation provides to force of membrane protrusion  
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show protrusions adhere to the surface on which the cell is moving through contact junctions; F-actin connects to the focal adhesions to provide a contractile force for the cell  
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show the rest of the cell pulls against the anchorage points to drag itself forward  
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Event 4 of actin-based movement   show
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Lamellipodia   show
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Lamellipodia or filopdia touch down   show
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Myosin   show
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Myosin "head region"   show
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Myosin head movement   show
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Microtubule based movement   show
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Dynein   show
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show involved in the movement of organelles, e.g. synaptic vesicles along axons to synapses; composed of heavy chain (binds to microtubule) and light chain (binds to what needs to be moved)  
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Kinesin   show
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show moves toward (-) ends (near nucleus)  
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show 10cm/day which take more than a week down an entire axon  
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show e.g. kinesin and dynein; capable of moving great distances along microtubules; stays bound to the microtubule  
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show e.g. myosin II; detaches completely from actin filaments at the end of the cycle; will travel only short distances; constantly bound and un-bound depending on hydrolysis of ATP  
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Involves in separation of chromosomes during cell division (interphase, metaphase, telophase)   show
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show anti-cancer therapeutics; inhibit the function of the mitotic spindle and thus cell division  
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Colchicine and vinblastine   show
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show stabilises microtubules; also acts on tubulin  
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show rod-shaped cytoplasmic protein, and a vital part of a protein complex that connects the cytoskeleton of a muscle fiber to the surrounding extracellular matrix through the cell membrane; mutations causes Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy  
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Myosin VII mutations   show
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show disease of the intermediate filaments; mutations in keratin genes results in failure to form proper keratin filaments in epidermis; skin highly sensitive to mechanical energy; blistering in adults and sloughing of epidermis in newborns  
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Epidermolysis bullosa symplex (EBS) and muscular dystrophy   show
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Motor Neuron disease   show
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Microtubules   show
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show hyperphosphorylated in tangles and cannot bind microtubules  
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Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia   show
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Spastin   show
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show hijack actin of cytoskeleton; engulfed by host cell; escapes from phagocytic vesicle; F-actin is polymerised at the back of it, providing motility; actin "comet" drives it into the neighbouring cell  
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Listeriosis   show
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