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Cancer II. Six ways of losing the remaining good copy of a tumor suppressor gene. When proto-oncogene becomes overactive it becomes an oncogene. Myc Gene Amplification. Mitogens stimulate G1-Cdk and G1/S-Cdk activities. Ocogene collaboration in transgenic mice. Viruses May cause Cancer.
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Six ways of losing the remaining good copy of a tumor suppressor gene
When proto-oncogene becomes overactive it becomes an oncogene
Viruses May cause Cancer Papillomavirus causes warts and subverts the control of cell division
Pap smears normal abnormal invasive
How papillomaviruses are thought to give rise to cancer of the uterine cervix
Sequence of genetic changes underlying the development of a colorectal carcinoma
Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix Chapter 19
Desmosomes and hemidesmosomes both link to intermediate filaments
Size of gap junction channel can be determined with fluorescent molecules of different sizes
A Gap junction connexon is made up of 6 transmembrane connexin subunits
The permeability of gap junctions can be regulated dopamine treatment reduces permeability of gap junctions to a fluorescent dye
In plant cells plasmodesmata perform many of the same functions as gap junctions
Structure of Cadherin – responsible for cell to cell adhesion in vertebrate cells
Ca2+ is required to establish cell to cell connection through cadherin
Three mechanisms that mediate cell-cell adhesion cadherins least common
Catenins join cadherins to actin filaments in adherence junctions
Summary of junctional and non-junctional adhesive mechanisms