Progress in Cell Cycle Research: Volume 1

✍ Scribed by John J. Tyson, Bela Novak, Kathy Chen, John Val (auth.), Laurent Meijer, Silvana Guidet, H. Y. Lim Tung (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 364
• Series: Progress in Cell Cycle Research
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Progress in Cell Cycle Research is a new annual series designed to be the source for up-to-date research on this rapidly expanding field. Review articles by international experts examine various aspects of cell division regulation from fundamental perspectives to potential medical applications. Researchers as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students in cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology will benefit from this series.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Checkpoints in the cell cycle from a modeler’s perspective....Pages 1-8
The role of RB in cell cycle control....Pages 9-19
Regulation of p70 s6k /p85 s6k and its role in the cell cycle....Pages 21-32
MAP kinase-dependent pathways in cell cycle control....Pages 33-52
Mechanism of action of rapamycin: New insights into the regulation of G 1 -phase progression in eukaryotic cells....Pages 53-71
Cell cycle control of DNA replication....Pages 73-89
Cell cycle-regulated transcription in mammalian cells....Pages 91-99
The CLN gene family: Central regulators of cell cycle Start in budding yeast....Pages 101-114
Cyclin A: Function and expression during cell proliferation....Pages 115-123
The role of cyclin E in the regulation of entry into S phase....Pages 125-139
p27 KIP1 , an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases....Pages 141-147
Regulation of cell cycle progression following DNA damage....Pages 149-162
The role of the Ran GTPase pathway in cell cycle control and interphase nuclear functions....Pages 163-172
The Cdc28 inhibitor p40 SIC1 ....Pages 173-185
The NIMA kinase: A mitotic regulator in Aspergillus nidulans and vertebrate cells....Pages 187-205
The fission yeast Nim1/Cdr1 kinase: A link between nutritional state and cell cycle control....Pages 207-214
Function and regulation of cdc25 protein phosphatase through mitosis and meiosis....Pages 215-228
The regulation and functions of cdk7....Pages 229-240
Implications for cAMP-dependent protein kinase in the maintenance of the interphase state....Pages 241-253
G-protein-mediated signal transduction for meiosis reinitiation in starfish oocyte....Pages 255-263
Phosphorylation of elongation factor-1 (EF-1) by cdc2 kinase....Pages 265-270
The regulation of mitotic nuclear envelope breakdown: A role for multiple lamin kinases....Pages 271-286
The MAP kinase cascade: Its role in Xenopus oocytes, eggs and embryos....Pages 287-297
The oocyte metaphase arrest....Pages 299-308
Onset of chromosome segregation at the metaphase to anaphase transition of the cell cycle....Pages 309-318
Mechanisms of chromosome segregation in metazoan cells....Pages 319-327
The PITSLRE protein kinase family....Pages 329-338
Cell cycle regulation and functions of HMG-I(Y)....Pages 339-349
Chemical inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases....Pages 351-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-373

✦ Subjects

Oncology; Biochemistry, general; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology; Plant Sciences