Cards (13)

  • Undifferentiated cells often found in embryos
    Stem
  • Mutated genes that can lead to cancer
    Oncogenes
  • Process by which cells acquire specialized shapes and functions
    Differentiation
  • Most of a cell's life is spent in this phase between cell divisions
    Interphase
  • DNA synthesis phase of interphase
    S Phase
  • Second growth phase of interphase
    G2 Phase
  • Process by which a fertilized egg transforms into an adult organism
    Development
  • External signal proteins which cause cells to divide
    Growth Factors
  • Process by which new cells are made
    Division
  • Cytoplasm divides as new cell membrane forms

    Cytokinesis
  • Can infect normal cells and turn them cancerous
    Virus
  • First growth phase of interphase
    G1 Phase
  • Mitosis and cytokinesis take place during this part of the cell cycle
    M Phase