Cytokine receptors activate tyrosine kinases in which receptor and kinase are separate polypeptides.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Dictyostelium can utilize one of three survival strategies when food starvation-

 Microcyst formation, favoured in dark & wet conditions, or ammonia levels are high.

 Zygote formation, favoured in dark & wet conditions, & is triggered by ethylene produced by the cells. 

Cell aggregation & differentiation

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Four genes play an essential role in controlling apoptosis during C. elegans development: 

ced-3, ced-4, ced-9, and egl-1

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Commitment

The commitment of cells to specific cell fates & their capacity to differentiate into particular kinds of cells (cell has began in a direction towards a specific fate).

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Core enzyme binds indiscriminately to any DNA. Sigma factor reduces the affinity for sequence-independent binding and confers specificity for promoters.