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Ch. 2: The Nature of Cancer
What is cancer,
Hallmarks of cancer,
How do cancers form
40  cards
Ch.3: Tumor Viruses
What is a virus composed of,
What do viruses do,
What did rubin and dulbecco do
21  cards
Ch. 4: Oncogenes
Dna from ________ iscapable of in...,
Proto oncogene,
What do proto oncogenes do
25  cards
Ch. 5: Growth Factors, Receptors, and Cancers
Signal transduction,
What do multicellular organisms n...,
What determines division in singl...
65  cards
Ch. 6: Cytoplasmic Signaling Circuitry
Signal transduction,
How do you get from the input lay...,
What happens after receptor trans...
29  cards
Ch. 7: Tumor Suppressor Genes
Do oncogenes act dominantly or re...,
What function do oncogenes normal...,
What types of mutations convert p...
52  cards
Exam 1: PollEv Questions
What are some characteristics of ...,
What makes a cancer cell differen...,
Which types of cancer is breast c...
9  cards
Exam 2: PollEv Questions
Which cdk and cyclin do you predi...,
Which version of rb is present at...,
Which version of the retinoblasto...
48  cards
Ch. 8: RB and Cell Cycle
Cell cycle,
Contact dependent growth,
Mitosis
62  cards
Ch. 9: TP53 and Apoptosis
Where was tp53 first discovered,
Tp53 tumor suppressor gene tsg,
Dominant negative
52  cards
Ch. 10: Eternal Life
Most normal cells have a limited ...,
Most human cells are a little mor...,
If you take human cells out of th...
37  cards
Ch. 11: Multi-Step Tumorigenesis
Cancer risk _______ with ageinter...,
Can we estimate how long it takes...,
Why do cancers take a long time t...
20  cards
Ch. 12: Cancer Genome
Stem cells,
2  cards
Exam 3: PollEv Questions
Which state would you expect to h...,
If you put a human tumor in a mou...,
What molecule do you think is inv...
7  cards
Exam 2: Study Guide
Cell cycle definition,
Steps of the cell cycle,
G1
116  cards
Final
What is stroma,
What are the cell types,
What is the extracellular compone...
78  cards

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