BIOL 205 Midterm: Exam 4 Study Guide
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Justify why cells need to communicate with one another. Explain how cells communicate across both short and long ranges. Determine whether a given hormone will have an intracellular or extracellular receptor. Predict how mutations in a signaling pathways will alter pathway activity. Compare and contrast the stages of the cell cycle. Describe the function of check-points in the cell cycle. Predict whether activation/inactivation of proteins regulating the cell cycle will promote or inhibit progression of the cell cycle. Determine whether a given gene is a tumor-suppressor gene or proto-oncogene. Predict how a given activating/inactivating mutation in cell signaling pathways will alter the growth of a cell. Explain why cancer treatments are toxic to non-cancer cells. The signal will go everywhere in the blood stream but need correct receptor to pick up and understan the signal. Sugars, nucleotides, amino acids, ions, and water call all pass through eam, rstand. Sugars, nucleotides, amino acids, ions, and water call all pass through.