Prokaryotic development: a new player on the cell cycle circuit

Craig Stephens

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.038

Prokaryotic development: a new player on the cell cycle circuit

Curr Biol. 2004 Jul 13;14(13):R505-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.038.

Author

Craig Stephens¹

Affiliation

¹ Biology Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053, USA. cstephens@scu.edu

PMID: 15242629
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.038

Abstract

A genetic regulatory circuit recently described in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus generates reciprocal oscillations in the abundance of two key transcription factors to control landmark events in the cell cycle.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biological Clocks / genetics
Caulobacter crescentus / genetics*
Cell Cycle / genetics*
Cell Cycle / physiology
DNA Replication / genetics
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial*
Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics
Transcription Factors / genetics*
Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

Transcription Factors