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Initiating Differentiation in Immortalized Multipotent Otic Progenitor Cells
Published on: January 2, 2016
Cyclins, cyclin-dependent kinases and differentiation
1Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-2730, USA.
Abstract:
Cyclin-dependent kinases and their regulatory subunits, the cyclins, are known to regulate progression through the cell cycle. Yet these same proteins are often expressed in non-cycling, differentiated cells. This review surveys the available information about cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases in differentiated cells and explores the possibility that these proteins may have important functions that are independent of cell cycle regulation.
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