BCMB 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Cell Membrane, Oncogene, Cell Adhesion Molecule
2 Oct 2016
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Benign - cells which proliferate in defiance of the normal constraints but remain clustered together in a single mass. Cancer - disease caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell proliferation, followed by invasion and colonization of body sites normally reserved for other cells. Cell memory - specialized patterns of gene expression, evoked by signals that acted during embryonic development, are afterward stably maintained, so that cells autonomously preserve their distinctive character and pass it on to their progeny. Differentiation - process by which a cell undergoes a progressive, coordinated change to a more specialized cell type, brought about by large-scale changes in gene expression. Embryonic stem cells (es cell) - an undifferentiated cell type derived from the inner cell mass of an early mammalian embryo and capable of differentiating to give rise to any of the specialized cell types in the adult body. Epidemiology - the statistical analysis of human populations, looking for factors that correlate with disease incidence.
