Tutorial 3- Cell Cycle and Mitosis

What is the genetic information in the nucleus in the form of?

What is chromatin?

What are the chromatin threads like between divisions?

What are the chromatin threads like when a cell divides?

What is apoptosis?

What controls apoptosis?

What is interphase?

What is the mitotic phase?

What happens to the cell in interphase?

What are the different phases of interphase?

What does it mean if an interphase cell is in G0?

What happens in G1 phase?

What happens in S phase?

What enzyme catalyses the process of DNA replication?

What happens in G2 phase?

What are the four phases of the mitotic phase in the correct order?

What happens in prophase?

What does a chromosome consist of?

Why do the chromosomes condense?

What is needed for spindle attachment?

What happens in metaphase?

What happens in anaphase?

What happens in telophase?

Which is the longest sub phase of mitosis?

What happens in cytokinesis?

When does cytokinesis occur?

How is cell density controlled?

What regulates the initiation of cell growth?

How are cyclin dependent kinases switch on and off?

What are cell checkpoints ?

What happens at the restriction point at the end of G1?

How do continually dividing cells overcome the restriction point at the end of G1?

How does the restriction point at the end of G1 prevent cell division?

How do active CDK4/6-cyclinD complexes allow G1-S phase transition?

Where is the second checkpoint located?

When does the mitotic spindle check point occur?

How does the mitotic spindle checkpoint work?

How do tumours occur?

What effect do mitotic inhibitors have?

What are mitotic inhibitors used for?

What are telomeres?

What happens to telomeres in replication?