Fifty years of cycling

Sue Biggins, Lee Hartwell, David Toczyski

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Abstract

Fifty years ago, the first isolation of conditional budding yeast mutants that were defective in cell division was reported. Looking back, we now know that the analysis of these mutants revealed the molecular mechanisms and logic of the cell cycle, identified key regulatory enzymes that drive the cell cycle, elucidated structural components that underly essential cell cycle processes, and influenced our thinking about cancer and other diseases. Here, we briefly summarize what was concluded about the coordination of the cell cycle 50 years ago and how that relates to our current understanding of the molecular events that have since been elucidated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2868-2870
Number of pages3
JournalMolecular Biology of the Cell
Volume31
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 15 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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