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z Devo -- review Genes and Development
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first sign of gastrulation
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primitive streak
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morphogens secreted by ~ alter expression of genes in overlying ectodermal cells, turning them into neural precursors
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primitive streak
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promoter = _ + _
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core promoter
enhancer
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RNA pol _ binds core promoter
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II
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what molecule causes RNA pol II to be released from the transcription initiation complex
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TFIIH
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TATA box is first recognized by the protein
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TFIID
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mutations in TFIIH can cause (symptom); 2 diseases
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sunlight sensitivity
xeroderma pigmentosum
Cockayne's syndrome
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the enhancer is DNA that may be bound by
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tcr factors
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_ & _ cause condensation or decondensation of chromatin
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repressors; activators
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activators aka co-activators are aka
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mediators
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one way chromatin decondensation / condensation is regulated
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histone tail acetylation / deacetylation
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histone lysine tail acetylation causes chromatin to _
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decondense
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childhood kidney tumor disease gene. disease is called
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WT1. wilm's tumor
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WT1 is a _ that binds the promotor of tcr factor _
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EGR-1
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TGF-beta superfamily includes
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TGF-beta, activin, nodal, BMPs
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TGF-beta superfamily includes (4)
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TGF-beta, BMPs, activin, nodal
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(4) molecules are critical for dorsoventral axis formation
Definition

TGF-beta family:

TGF-beta, BMPs, activin, & nodal

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_ causes ectoderm --> epidermal differentiation
Definition
BMP4
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what causes neuronal differentiation of ectoderm
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BMP4's epidermal influence gets thwarted by noggin, chordin, follistatin
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TGF-beta superfamily activates the _ family of transcription factors
Definition
SMAD
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BMP4 is an extracellular signaling molecule. its pathway...: BMP4 --> _ --> _ --> _ which forms _ _ _
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BMP4 --> binds type II TGF-beta receptor --> binds and phosphorylates type I --> phosphorylates SMAD proteins --> tcr factor complex
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_ is critical for head/tail aka _/_ axis formation
Definition
RA
aka anterior/posterior
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what axis is critical for correct location of limbs?
Definition
anterior/posterior i.e. head/tail
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RA affects _ gene expression patterns
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Hox
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Hox genes are _ _
Definition
tcr factors
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does RA have an cytoplasmic membrane receptor or an intracellular one?
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intracellular
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promoters of certain Hox genes contain _ response elements
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RA
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RA appears to be critical not only for rostral - caudal axis formation but also for initiating _ _ _
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limb bud outgrowth
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_ is critical for initiation of limb bud outgrowth
Definition
RA
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structures formed along a limb's proximal-distal axis is specified by _ genes
Definition
HOX
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synpolydactyly
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HoxD-13
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NKX2.5
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atrial septal defect
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ARX
Definition
licssencephaly
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cerberus does what?
how?
Definition
promotes formation of head structures
blocking BMP4 and Xwnt8
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_ can induce the formation of ectopic heads
Definition
cerberus
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spinal cord's 3 neuron types and their location
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motor: ventral
sensory: dorsal
interneurons in-between
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notorcord is derived from _
Definition
mesoderm
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what gene is important for spinal cord dorsal-ventral axis formation
Definition
Shh
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notocord is both necessary and sufficient for
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development of dorsal-ventral axis of spinal cord
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spinal cord motor neuron concentration depends on _ _
Definition
Shh [ ]
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Shh activates the transcription factor _ _
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cubitus intruptus
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cholesterol is important for _ signaling pathway how? (2)
Definition
for Shh synthesis
for the protein that binds Shh
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cyclopia may be caused by problems in (2)
Definition
Shh
cholesterol biosynthesis
Term
two teratogens that cause cyclopia & how they do it
Definition
jervine
cyclopamine
block cholesterol synthesis
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sensory neurons of spinal cord are induced by _; motor neurons of spinal cord by _
Definition
BMP4 gradient
Shh
Term
a syndrome of cholesterol biosynthesis and a teratogenic result
Definition
Smith-Lemli-Optiz
holoprosencephaly
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excess RA may cause...
Definition
hindbrain expansion at expense of mid- and fore-brain
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Accutane is a _ drug for treating acne. it should not be used by _ _
Definition
RA
pregnant women
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vitamin _ is teratogenic in large amounts
Definition
A
Term
thalidomide can inhibit _
Definition
angiogenesis
Term
thalidomide can cause _
Definition
phocomelia
Term
phocomelia =
Definition
absence or deficiency of long bones
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hemangioblasts are derived from _ after _ exposure
Definition
mesoderm
BMP
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hemangioblasts give rise to _, which --> (2)
Definition
angioblasts
pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells
vascular endothelial cells
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exposure of blood _ _ to _ causes them to differentiate into red blood cells
Definition
stem cells
erythropoietin
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vasculogenesis is _ _ production of blood vessels from _ _ _
Definition
de novo
lateral plate mesoderm
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VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor is critical for _
Definition
angiogenesis
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Avastin is a _ _ which is used to treat _
Definition
VEGF antibody
cancer
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rostral caudal axis established by _
Definition
RA
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dorsal ventral axis established by _
Definition
Shh
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angiogenesis can be inhibited by this well-known teratogen
Definition
thalidomide
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