Cells Crossword

5. have no nucleus.
9. makes lipids and detoxifies cells.
10. nuclei reform.
11. pauses cell cycle while special proteins repair damaged DNA
12. receives a signal to die.
15. set of proteins that a cell can manufacture.
17. have a nucleus.
18. provides new cells by forming 2 cells from one and occurs in somatic cells.
21. binds directly to the receptor.
28. bulges in cell membrane.
29. align down the equator.
30. makes protein.
31. period of time from the beginning of one cell division to the beginning of the next.
33. attach to the white blood cells and slow them by binding to carbohydrates on capillary walls.
36. keeps telomeres long in gametes and cancer cells.
37. cell continues basic biochemical functions of life.
38. liquid part of cell.
40. stores DNA.
41. provide energy and contribute to cell structure.
42. programmed cell death.
43. cell splits in two.
45. destroys pathogens and old organelles.
46. latch on to white blood cell.
47. molecules on the cell membrane assess, transmit, and amplify incoming messages to the cell’s interior.
48. DNA coils tightly, nuclear membrane breaks down.

1. produced by regulator protein.
2. provides support and movement for cells.
3. proteins called survivins override signals telling cell to die, preventing apoptosis
4. produces daughter cells that can become any cell type
6. cell replicates entire genome.
7. modifies proteins.
8. membrane regulates flow of materials in and out.
13. help with blood clotting, nerve transmission, muscle contraction
14. oversees construction of spindle and binding of chromosomes to it
16. contains ribosomes.
19. chromatids separate.
20. destroys toxic oxygen molecules.
22. divides to produce more specialized cells.
23. produces ATP by cellular respiration.
24. when the cell synthesizes more proteins.
25. produce daughter cells that can differentiate into many cell types.
26. needed in very small amounts but still essential to health.
27. form the basis of several types of hormones, provide insulation, and store energy.
31. snip apart cell components.
32. most important to genetics.
34. two long strands of identical chromosomal material.
35. produce spindle fibers.
39. synthesis of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates following mitosis.
44. regulate how many times a cell can divide.