Thursday, September 27, 2012

Growth Factors Signal The Cell Cycle Control System



Sequential events of the cell cycle, represented by the circle of flat blocks, which is directed by a distinct cell cycle control system, as it is represented with a knob in the center. The Cell Cycle Control System is a cyclically operating set of molecules in the cell that both triggers and coordinates key events, in the cell that both triggers and coordinates key events in the cell cycle. Stop and go-ahead signals can regulate the cycle in a critical control point known as the checkpoint. During the G1 and G2 sub phases of interphase and in the M phase, red barriers represent the 3 major checkpoints. For a lot of cells G1 checkpoint is the most important. Cells that responds to growth factors has molecules of a certain receptor protein in its plasma membrane. “Signals” are changes that a molecule induces in the next molecule in the pathway. Control of the cell cycle is one of the hottest areas in Biology today as research says. As it leads for a greater understanding of Cancer.



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