Regulating the Cell Cycle

11.3- Regulating the Cell Cycle

Key Questions

• How is the cell cycle regulated?

• How do cancer cells differ from other cells?

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The cell cycle is controlled by regulatory

both inside and outside of the cell.

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_______ ________ simulate the growth and division of cells; especially important during embryonic development and wound healing

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Why must multicellular organisms tightly control the cell cycle?

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A family of proteins known as

regulate the timing of the cell cylce in eukaryotic cells.

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is a process of programmed cell death.

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is a disorder in which body cells lose the ability to control growth.

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Cancer cells for a mass of cells called a

.

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Why is the presence of cancer cells so harmful to the body?