Finding the Unknowns Activity

Cell-Cell Interactions
Ligand
Receptor Protein
Direct contact
Paracrine signaling
Endocrine signaling
Synaptic signaling
Neurotransmiters
Signal transduction
Protein kinase
Phosphatase
Intracellular receptor
Cell surface receptor/ membrane receptor
Receptor protein
Conformational change
Receptor-ligand complex
Channel linked receptors
Enzymatic receptors
G protein-coupled receptor
Ras G protein
Trimeric G protein
Alpha, beta, gamma
GTP
GDP
G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs)
Effector protein
Second messenger
Adenylyl cyclase
cAMP
Protein Kinase A
PhospholipaseC
IP3 (Inositol Tris phosphate)
DAG (Diacyl glycerol)
cAMP signaling pathway
Calcium signaling pathway
Signal Amplification
Signal transduction by epinephrine
Phosphorylase kinase
Glycogen phosphorylase
Isoforms
Coactivators
Receptor tyrosine kinases
Autophosphorylation
Insuline
Kinase cascade
Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases
Ras
Raf
MEK
ERK

Scaffoid proteins
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins
Glycolipids
Steroid hormone receptor
Hormone-binding domain
DNA binding domain
Gene regulators
Regulation of gene transcription by intracellular receptors
Cell division - mitosis & cell cycle
Binary fission
Nucleoid
FtsZ protein
Septation
Tubulin
Eukaryotic chromosomes
Centromere
Heterochromatin
Euchromatin
Telomere
Nucleosome
Histone protein
Condensin protein
Karyotype
Diploid
Haploid
Homologous chromosomes
Sister chromatids
Cohesin
Chromosome complement
Interphase
G1
S
G2
Mitosis
Cytokinesis
Apoptosis
The cell cycle (hours)
Prophase
Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Mitotic spindle
Centrosome
Microtubule-dependent motor proteins
Cell plate
Midbody
Contractile ring
Control of the cell cycle
Checkpoint
G1/S

G2/M
Spindle checkpoint
Mutation
CDK/Cyclin
Mitosis-promoting factor (MPF)
Cdk1/cyclin B
Cdk2/cyclin E
Anaphase-promoting complex (APC)
Cyclosome
Growth factors
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)
Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)
MAP kinase cascade
Cancer
Tumor-suppressor genes
Proto-oncogenes
P53 protein
Retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (Rb)
Sexual reproduction and Meiosis
Meiocytes
Oocytes
Spermatocytes
polar bodies
Diploid cells vs haploid cells
Meiosis
Synapsis
Homologous recombination
Reduction division
Recombination (crossing over)
Chiasmata
First & second meiotic division
Prophase 1
Metaphase 1
Kinetochore
Anaphase 1
Independent assortment
Telophase 1
Interphase before Meiosis 2 (G1 & G2 only)
Meiosis 2
Prophase 2
Metaphase 2
Anaphase 2
Telophase 2
Law of Segregation
Inheritance
Josef Kolreuter
T.A Knight
Gregor Mendel
Laws of Inheritance
Genes
True-breeding

Mendels experimental design

Cross-pollination or cross-fertilization
True breeding plants
Dominant vs. recessive
Monohybrid cross
Mendels first law of segregation
5 element model
Genotype & phenotype
Homozygous vs heterozygous
Wildtype
Mutant
Allele
Punnet Square
Mendels second law of independent assortment
Dihybrid crosses
Test cross
Autosomal dominant