Recent advances on cyclins, CDKs and CDK inhibitors
1Instituto de Microbiología Bioquímica, Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Edificio Departamental, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
Abstract:
In eukaryotes, cell division is controlled by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). Here we summarize a few new developments on the regulation of the cell cycle by CDK-cyclin complexes. We have focused on three aspects in which there has been recent progress: the structural analysis of these complexes, the phenotypes of mice carrying knockouts of CDK inhibitors and the role of proteolysis in the regulation of the cell cycle.
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