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Cell cycle

Archipelago of destruction

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The finely balanced activity of enzymes and their regulators keeps the cell-division cycle under control. A newly discovered molecule that ensures the timely destruction of one regulator is mutated in some cancer cells.

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Figure 1: Cell-cycle balancing acts.

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Schwab, M., Tyers, M. Archipelago of destruction. Nature 413, 268–269 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35095157

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