AP Biology - 9.1: Cell Cycle Vocabulary

AP Bio cell cycle vocab words.

Word Bank
Apoptosis, Cell cycle, Chromatid, Cyclins, Cytokinesis, G1, G2 stage, Growth factors, Interphase, M stage, Mitosis, Mitotic spindle, Protein p53, RB, S stage, Signals, Sister chromatids, Somatic cells

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1. Protein that interprets sent and received signals

4. Step in which DNA replication occurs

7. Two identical DNA double helixes

12. Proteins located inside the plasma membrane that distribute signals

14. Influences of cell activities

15. The process of eukaryotic cell division

16. The first step of the cell cycle, also the longest

17. Cytoplasmic division (cyto__ is found in cells)

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2. Automatic cell “suicide”

3. Nuclear division (think about the “brain” of eukaryotic cells)

5. Distributor of sister chromosomes

6. DNA double helix

8. Step in which DNA replication is concluded and proteins are created to help with cell division

9. Signaling protein, stops cell cycle if DNA is damaged in G1

10. The second step of the cell cycle, includes mitosis and cytokinesis

11. Another name for "body cells"

12. The stage before DNA replication

13. Internal signaling proteins that increase/decrease as the cell division occurs

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