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Abstract
Although a major concern in the development of multicellular organisms is cell differentiation, the construction of a multicellular system essentially depends on cell multiplication, which consists of genomic duplication and segregation. Recent progress has revealed that cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are key components of a cell cycle engine that governs cell proliferation. This article focuses on how CDKs induce M-phase events characterized by nuclear membrane breakdown, chromosome condensation and mitotic spindle formation to assure genomic segregation.Mesh:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7981028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Dev Biol ISSN: 0214-6282 Impact factor: 2.203