Progress in Cell Cycle Research: Volume 1

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