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| the cell cycle is controlled by proteins |
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| malignant growth caused by enviromental factors on enzymes production |
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| refers to any growth or tumor which is cancerous |
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| is a segment of DNA that controls the production of a protein |
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| not all tumors are cancerous. cancerous cells form masses of tissues that deprove normal cells of nutirents |
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| cancer cells enter the circulatory system and spreads throughout the body |
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| organisms that uses sun's energy to store energy in chemical compunds |
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| can not make their own energys compounds and must feed on other organisms to obtain energy |
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| energy is stored in the chemical bonds of the molecule and can be used quickly and easlily by the cell |
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| when a second phosphate group is added, more energy is required to force the two groups together |
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| when only one phosphate group bonds, a small amount of energy is required and the chemical bond does not store much energy |
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| changed particles, and remember that particles with the same charge do not like being to close to each other |
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| pertaining to the area where an enzyme can attach itself to a compound |
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| any of various proteins originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action |
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| the process that uses the sun's energy to make simple sugars |
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| Light-Dependent reactions |
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| convert light energy into chemical energy |
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| Light-Independent Reactions |
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the second phase of photosynthesis
does not require light |
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| molecules that absorb specific wavelegnths of sunlight |
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most common pigment in photosystem
absorbs most wavelenghts of light except green |
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| a series of protein emebedded in the thylakoid membrane |
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| does not use the energy present in the energized electrons it simply stores the energy until it can transfer it to the stroma |
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electron carrier molecule |
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| to replace the lost electros, molecules of water are split in the first photosytem |
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| is a series if reactions that use carbon dioxide to from sugars |
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at the begining if the calvin cycle one molecule of carbon dioxide is added to one molecule of RuBp to form a six-carbon sugar
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| A saclike membrane that is the structural unit of the grana in the chloroplasts of plant cells |
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| The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood cell or other cell. |
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| is a series of reactions the sugar breaks down and is eventually converted to two three-carbon sugars |
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