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SUBMITTER: Potapova TA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1513549 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Potapova Tamara A TA Daum John R JR Pittman Bradley D BD Hudson Joanna R JR Jones Tara N TN Satinover David L DL Stukenberg P Todd PT Gorbsky Gary J GJ
Nature 20060401 7086
A guiding hypothesis for cell-cycle regulation asserts that regulated proteolysis constrains the directionality of certain cell-cycle transitions. Here we test this hypothesis for mitotic exit, which is regulated by degradation of the cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1) activator, cyclin B. Application of chemical Cdk1 inhibitors to cells in mitosis induces cytokinesis and other normal aspects of mitotic exit, including cyclin B degradation. However, chromatid segregation fails, resulting in entrap ...[more]