B 10 VRV 3103
B 10 VRV 3103
B 10 VRV 3103
Lesson Overview
10.3 Regulating
the Cell Cycle
Lesson Overview Regulating the Cell Cycle
THINK ABOUT IT
How do cells know when to divide?
Lesson Overview Regulating the Cell Cycle
The cell cycle is controlled by regulatory proteins both inside and outside
the cell.
Lesson Overview Regulating the Cell Cycle
The controls on cell growth and division can be turned on and off.
For example, when an injury such as a broken bone occurs, cells are
stimulated to divide rapidly and start the healing process. The rate of
cell division slows when the healing process nears completion.
Lesson Overview Regulating the Cell Cycle
This graph shows how cyclin levels change throughout the cell cycle in
fertilized clam eggs.
Lesson Overview Regulating the Cell Cycle
Regulatory Proteins
Internal regulators are proteins that respond to events inside a cell.
They allow the cell cycle to proceed only once certain processes have
happened inside the cell.
Growth factors are external regulators that stimulate the growth and
division of cells. They are important during embryonic development and
wound healing.
Lesson Overview Regulating the Cell Cycle
Apoptosis
Apoptosis is a process of programmed cell death.
Cancer cells do not respond to the signals that regulate the growth of most
cells. As a result, the cells divide uncontrollably.
Lesson Overview Regulating the Cell Cycle