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76
Q

cells can be fused in vitro by adding:

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ethylene glycol

77
Q

diffusable factor in M-phase cells can induce G1 phase cell to enter M-phase

A

MPF

78
Q

diffusible factor responsible for initiating S-phase

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SPF

79
Q

diffusable S-phase factor (SPF) does not act on:

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G2 phase

80
Q

xenopus females lay eggs when injected with:

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hCG

81
Q

oocytes are arrested this in cell phase

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G2

82
Q

meiosis induced in oocyte arrested in G2 by:

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steroid hormone (progesterone)

83
Q

egg arrested in this phase after progesterone previously added

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Meiosis II

84
Q

egg arrests in metaphase of Meiosis II until:

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fertilization

85
Q

fertilization induces completion of: (3)

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meiosis, pronuclear fusion, mitotic cleavage

86
Q

orientation of kinetochores during Mesiosis I

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co-orientation

87
Q

2 phases not part of Meiosis II

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interphase and prophase

88
Q

during oogenesis, this is discarded and becomes 1st polar body

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2n daughter cell

89
Q

during oogenesis, this is discarded and becomes 2nd polar body

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1n

90
Q

chromosome recombination happens in:

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meiosis I

91
Q

cytoplasm from oocytes arrested in this phase induces oocytes arrested in G2 to enter meiosis

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meiosis II

92
Q

promotes entry into the cell cycle

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Maturation Promoting Factor (MPF)

93
Q

test MPF level of cell phase by:

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removing cytoplasm (at different stages) and inject into G2 oocyte (arrested)

94
Q

hormone induces MPF activity

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progesterone

95
Q

MPF levels high during these parts of cell cycle

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Meiosis I, Meiosis II metaphase arrest, 1st embryonic mitosis, 2nd embryonic mitosis

96
Q

chemical blocks: (2)

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MPF activity and translation

97
Q

MPF activity is independent of: (2)

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nucleus and transcription

98
Q

location components required for cell cycle progression stored

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cytoplasm

99
Q

levels of this protein crash right before cleavage

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Cyclin B

100
Q

activity of this rises/falls in synchrony with cyclin B concentration

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MPF

101
Q

rise of MPF is necessary to:

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enter mitosis

102
Q

fall of MPF activity and exit from mitosis depend on:

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degredation of Cyclin B

103
Q

organism type does not divide evenly

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budding yeast

104
Q

way to assay mutants in genes controlling cell cycle (which typically cannot be recovered)

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conditional loss-of-function mutation

105
Q

mutant prevents entry into mitosis

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cdc2

106
Q

cdc2 mutant is characterized by:

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larger than normal cells

107
Q

type of cdc2 mutation produces very small cells

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dominant cdc2

108
Q

mutant arrests in G1 phase wihtout entering S-phase

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cdc28 mutant

109
Q

cdc28 is a condidate for:

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SPF

110
Q

cdc2 acts in these transitions

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G2 to M and G1 to S

111
Q

cdc2 cell cycle transition more sensitive to changes in MPF

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C2 to M

112
Q

cdc28 acts in these transitions

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G2 to M and G1 to S

113
Q

cdc28 cell cycle more sensitive to changes in SPF

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G1 to S

114
Q

technique used to assay yeast genomic library

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functional complementation

115
Q

cdc2 and cdc28 encode small proteins with kinase activity

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Cyclin Dependent Kinases (CDK)

116
Q

CDK protein regulated by:

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cyclin

117
Q

part of cyclin blocks access of protein substrates to g-phosphate of ATP in free CDK

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T-loop

118
Q

this induces conformational change that pulls T-loop of cyclin from actin site

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Cyclin A binding

119
Q

point in late G1 phase when cell becomes irrevocably commited to entering cell cycle

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START

120
Q

inactive cdc28 mutants after START arrest in:

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G1

121
Q

cdc mutants cannot pass:

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START

122
Q

CLN1, CLN2, and CLN3 drive this cell cycle transition

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G1 to S

123
Q

overexpression of CLN1, CLN2, or CLN3 decreases:

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number of cells in G1 (cells go through G1 quicker)

124
Q

technique sorts cells based on DNA content

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flow cytometry

125
Q

flow cytometry: amount of fluorescence proportional to:

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amount of DNA in cell

126
Q

two general sypes of cyclins in vertebrates

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G1 type and B-type cyclins

127
Q

cyclin acts in G1

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G1 cyclin

128
Q

B-type cyclins act in these parts of cell cycle

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S, G2, and M

129
Q

G1 type cyclins act in Mid-G1

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CLN3 and Cyclin D

130
Q

G1 type cyclins act in late G1

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CLN1, CLN2, and Cyclin E

131
Q

general types of cyclins contain conserved destruction box for degradation by APC/C

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B-type cyclins

132
Q

specific types of B-type cyclins

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Cyclin A and Cyclin B