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Nature 414, 498-499 (29 November 2001) | doi:10.1038/35107180
Cell cycle: Six steps to destruction
James E. Ferrell, Jr
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Abstract
Cell division relies on the properly timed activation and destruction of certain regulatory proteins. New work shows that many rounds of phosphorylation can help to establish the timing of protein destruction.
The process by which cells multiply consists of a strictly ordered series of events. A cell copies its genetic material, grows, and segregates the duplicated DNA into two new cells.
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