Cell Cycle Control
Published on 1. August 1995
Book
Hardback
319 pages
978-0-19-963411-8 (ISBN)
Description
Research into the cell cycle has progressed rapidly in recent years on many fronts, using many different organisms, and is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary biology. What makes a cell begin the complicated process of cell division? How does it stop? What happens when things go wrong? The use of developing technologies has revealed the extraordinary degree to which cell cycle control mechanisms have been conserved through eukaryotic evolution. This monograph presents in detail the current scientific understanding of cell cycle control.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
halftones, line figures, tables, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-963411-8 (9780199634118)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction to cell cycle controls; A brief history of the cell cycle; START and the G1-S phase transition in budding yeast; Controlling entry into mitosis in fission yeast; The CDC2 kinase: structure, activation and its role at mitosis in vertebrate cells; Cyclin-dependent kinases: an embarrassment of riches; S phase and its regulation; Cell cycle progression and cell growth in mammalian cells: kinetic aspects of transition events; Cancer and the cell cycle; Regulation of the cell cycle during Drosophila development.