cell cycle

American  

noun

1. the cycle of growth and asexual reproduction of a cell, consisting of interphase followed in actively dividing cells by prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.

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cell cycle British  

noun

1. the growth cycle of eukaryotic cells. It is divided into five stages, known as G 0 , in which the cell is quiescent, G 1 and G 2 , in which it increases in size, S, in which it duplicates its DNA, and M, in which it undergoes mitosis and divides

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Etymology

Origin of cell cycle

First recorded in 1970–75

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The researchers connected SUPT5H to three key blood cell programs: hemoglobin production, cell cycle, and autophagy.

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"It activates hemoglobin synthesis, slows down the cell cycle, and slows down autophagy, which together have a synergistic effect."

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"During mitosis, it has been thought that almost all gene transcription is shut off. And before our paper, it was also thought that all 3D structure related to gene regulation was lost and replaced by compaction. It's a complete reset every cell cycle," Hansen says.

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This finding answers a long-standing question in cell biology -- how do cells integrate signals from two oscillatory processes -- the cell cycle and the circadian rhythm -- which operate a different frequencies?

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Lead author Dr Chao Ye explained: "We found that the circadian clock dictates how strong these pulses are over time. Using this strategy, cells can encode information about two oscillatory signals in the same output: information about the cell cycle in the pulsing frequency, and about the 24-hour clock in the pulsing strength. This is the first time we've observed a circadian clock using pulse amplitude modulation, a concept typically associated with communication technology, to control biological functions."

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