Cells are commonly studied in the lab. If you were examining various unlabelled slides of cells under the microscope, you could tell if the cell was from a plant by the presence of (A) A nucleus (B) A cell membrane (C) Cytoplasm (D) A cell wall Answer : (D) A cell wall...
Tissues are constructed from many distinct cell types that perform different functions in response to signals from each other and the extracellular matrix. During tissue development and tissue regeneration, ... that stem cells undergo when they are required to generate a particular type of cell? Answer : Asymmetric cell division. After asymmetric division, each of the two resulting daughter cells has a unique life course. For example, one daughter cell may differentiate into a specific cell type ( ... cell), whereas the other daughter cell may remain a stem cell with unlimited proliferative ability....
Why do ion channels contribute to faster cellular responses than other signaling mechanisms, such as GPCR-mediated signaling? Answer : Ion channels generate electrical signals, which signals travel much more rapidly than chemical signals that depend on the process of molecular diffusion. An electrical signal can traverse the entire length of a nerve cell within milliseconds....
In many types of cancer, proteins that are crucial regulators of the cell cycle are often mutated and cannot function correctly. This leads to the evasion of apoptosis and to the loss of control of cell ... protein named p53. What is the normal function of p53 that is lost when it is mutated? Answer : Normally, p53 senses DNA damage and acts as a transcription factor for checkpoint control genes....
Mitochondria are referred to as the ‘powerhouses’ of a cell. This is because they convert food to energy, or ATP, more efficiently than processes which rely on anaerobic, or non-oxygen using, energy production alone. Name the energy production process carried out by mitochondria. Answer : Oxidative phosphorylation....
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