Pointers

  1. Home
  2. Free Resources
  3. Pointers
  4. 8119
TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 8119

The triterpenes are C30 terpenes and include squalene and lanosterol, two of the precursors of cholesterol


#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology #Lipid #Part B Pointers
PYQ Links
  1. PYQ 1
Extensive Links
  1. Link 1
More Pointers
TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 10412

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Cancer- specific metabolite
2-Hydroxyglutarate produce by mutated IDH
TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 10413

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Angiogenesis
The developmental process for the formation of blood vessels that are needed to supply nutrients to a growing tumor
TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 10414

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Growth factors that stimulate angiogenesis:
Basic fibroblast growth factor, TGF-α, and VEGF
TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 10415

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) induces transcription of the VEGF gene
TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 10416

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Prolyl hydroxylase 
active at normal O2 levels, Hydroxylation of HIF-1 causes ubiquitinylation and degradation
TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 10417

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Metastasis
Spread of cancer cells from their site of origin and establishment of areas of secondary growth