Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
mutant, cancer cells form a lump
A
primary tumor
2
Q
mutant cells grow and divide to make new ones
A
secondary tumors
3
Q
mutated proto-oncogene that causes canger
A
oncogene
4
Q
programmed cell death
A
apoptosis
5
Q
What are the types of Point Mutations?
A
- Frameshift
- Silent Mutation
- Missense Mutation
- Nonsense Mutation
6
Q
nucleotide in codon is changed but codon STILL encodes the same amino acid
A
silent mutation
7
Q
nucleotide in codon is changed so it encodes a different amino acid
A
missense mutation
8
Q
nucleotide in codon is changed so it encodes for a stop codon
A
nonsense mutation
9
Q
shifts where codons are going to happen; changes everything after where the nucleotide would be inserted or deleted unless it is a whole codon being inserted.
A
frameshift
10
Q
abnormal growth of body tissue
A
tumor
11
Q
P53
A
tumor-suppressor
