LE 12-10
NucleusCell plateChromosomesNucleolus
Chromatincondensing 10 µm
Prophase. The chromatin is condensing.The nucleolus is beginning to disappear.Although not yet visible in the micrograph, the mitotic spindle is starting to form.
Prometaphase. Wenow see discrete chromosomes; each consists of two identical sister chromatids. Laterin prometaphase, the nuclear envelope will fragment.
Metaphase. The spindle is complete, and the chromosomes, attached to microtubules at their kinetochores, are all at the metaphase plate.
Anaphase. The chromatids of each chromosome have separated, and the daughter chromosomes are moving to the ends of the cell as their kinetochore micro- tubules shorten.
Telophase. Daughter nuclei are forming. Meanwhile, cytokinesis has started: The cell plate, which will divide the cytoplasm in two, is growing toward the perimeter of the parent cell.
LE 12-11_3Origin ofreplication
Cell wall
Plasmamembrane
Bacterialchromosome
E. coli cell
Two copiesof origin
Chromosome replication begins. Soon thereafter, one copy of the origin moves rapidly toward the other end of the cell.
Replication continues. One copy of the origin is now at each end of the cell.
Origin Origin
Replication finishes. The plasma membrane grows inward, and new cell wall is deposited.
Two daughtercells result.
LE 12-15
G1
G1 checkpoint
G1
G0
If a cell receives a go-ahead signal at the G1 checkpoint, the cell continues on in the cell cycle.
If a cell does not receive a go-ahead signal at the G1 checkpoint, the cell exits the cell cycle and goes into G0, a nondividing state.
LE 12-16a
MPF activity
G1 G2S MS MG2G1
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Cyclin
Time
Fluctuation of MPF activity and cyclin concentrationduring the cell cycle
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LE 12-16b
Degradedcyclin
G2
checkpoint
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M
G 2G 1
Cdk
Cyclin isdegraded
MPFCyclin
Cdk
Molecular mechanisms that help regulate the cell cycle
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LE 12-18aCells anchor to dish surface anddivide (anchorage dependence).
When cells have formed a completesingle layer, they stop dividing(density-dependent inhibition).
If some cells are scraped away, theremaining cells divide to fill the gap andthen stop (density-dependent inhibition).
25 µmNormal mammalian cells
LE 12-18b
Cancer cells do not exhibitanchorage dependenceor density-dependent inhibition.
Cancer cells25 µm