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Nature 446, 274-275 (15 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446274a; Published online 14 March 2007

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Cell biology: Lost in mitotic translation

Anthony Wynshaw-Boris1

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A protein called 14-3-3sigma inhibits the cell cycle and may act as a tumour suppressor. It now turns out that it is also involved in regulating protein synthesis from messenger RNA during cell division.

Movement through the cell cycle is regulated by structural modification of proteins after they have been translated from messenger RNA (mRNA). Such changes are known to be important in regulating DNA checkpoint and repair pathways, in triggering cell division (mitosis) and in maintaining the mitotic spindle, which ensures that the chromosomes separate correctly.

  1. Anthony Wynshaw-Boris is in the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Center for Human Genetics and Genomics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0627, USA.Email: awynshawboris@ucsd.edu

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