This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Cell Biology has 30 clues. Answers range from 3 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
growth and asexual reproduction of a cell
The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness
Large molecules composed of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order determined by the base sequence
A permanent change, a structural alteration, in the DNA or RNA
makes up organs and other body parts
a double-stranded molecule held together by weak hydrogen bonds between base pairs of nucleotides.
An abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way
gene normally controls cell growth
The removal of a sample of tissue for examination under a microscope to check for cancer cells or other abnormalities.
The changes that occur within a cell as it undergoes programmed cell death, which is brought about by signals that trigger the activation of a cascade
reproduction in organisms that reproduce asexually, as by fission or spore formation
that divide relentlessly, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood with abnormal cells
a membrane bound structure that contains the cell's hereditary information and controls the cell's growth and reproduction
The blood cells that carry oxygen
A normal cellular gene corresponding to an oncogene
used to describe a tumor or growth
protein that helps control cell growth
A normal gene which, when altered by mutation
A membrane-bound organelle within a eukaryotic cell that contains most of the cell's genetic material
protein that helps control cell growth.
in the human or animal body in which blood
any of a group of related actions contributing to a larger action especially
abnormal changes called hyperplasia and dysplasia.
A basic process in molecular cell biology involving the conversion
Shape and appearance
refers to the fluid that fills the cell
a condition, tumor, or growth that is not
Close proximity will trigger the cells to stop replicating, a phenomenon called
A cancer derived from bone or containing bone tissue.
the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms