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🦠Cell Biology
Key Terms

298 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Cell Biology exam

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A

ADP
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Alcohol dehydrogenase
Alpha-proteobacteria
AMP
Angiogenesis
Annexin v staining
Anti-apoptotic proteins
Anti-apoptotic signals
ATP production in mitochondria
ATP Synthase Function

B

Bax
Bcl-2
Beta-oxidation
Bicarbonate buffer system
Binary fission
Binding site
Blastocyst
Blood group antigens
Bradford Assay
Budding

C

Calcium Signaling
Cancer mutations
Cancer-associated fibroblasts
Capping proteins
Carcinogenesis
Cardiomyopathy
CD4
Cdc42
Cdks (cyclin-dependent kinases)
Cell cycle checkpoints
Cell fractionation
Cell proliferation
Cellular control
Cellular markers
Cellular microenvironment
Cellular replication
Cellular signaling pathways
Chip co-chaperone
Chromatin remodeling
Chromosomal aberrations
Chromosomal DNA
Chromosome condensation
Circular DNA
Cis-Golgi network
Clathrin-coated vesicles
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis
Cleavage furrow formation
Co-immunoprecipitation
Co2 concentration
Competitive inhibitor
Complex carbohydrates
Complex I
Complex II
Complex III
Complex IV
Confocal microscopy
Constitutive secretory pathway
Copii vesicles
Cross-linking
Cross-talk
Csc niche
Cyclin-cdk complexes
Cytochrome c
Cytochrome c oxidase
Cytoplasm
Cytoskeletal network
Cytoskeleton
Cytotoxicity Assays

D

Daughter cells
Dedifferentiation
Deletion mutation
Density Gradient Centrifugation
Differential centrifugation
Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy