Events of The Cell Division Cycle Occur in a Particular Order
Entering Mitosis Before the Completion of S phase is Bad for Chromosomes and Therefore Bad for Cells
Cell Cycle Checkpoints G1 Elledge, Science 274:1664 (1996)
Substrate-Product versus Extrinsic Control Mechanisms Weinert and Hartwell, Science 246:629 (1989)
Caffeine Abrogates the Replication Checkpoint Molecular Biology of the Cell © 1994 by Bruce Alberts et al
rad9 is the First Cell Cycle Checkpoint Mutant 0 hrs at res temp 3 hrs at res temp cdc9 (DNA ligase) cdc9 rad9 Weinert and Hartwell, Science 246:629 (1989)
Cell Cycle Checkpoints Improve Cell Viability Weinert and Hartwell, Science 246:629 (1989)
Cell Cycle Checkpoints G1 Why always negative regulation?
A Mechanism Involving Negative Regulation is More Robust Very different situations Anaphase: Not very different situations Anaphase: GO x 5 GO x 6
How do Cell Cycle Checkpoints Work? G1
How do Cell Cycle Checkpoints Work? Zhou and Elledge Nature 408, 433 - 439 (2000)
Replication and Damage Checkpoints in Yeast Elledge, Science 274:1664 (1996)
Inhibitory CDC2 Phosphorylation is a kinase is a phosphatase
G2 Arrest Induced by DNA Damage Signal Sensor Transducer Effector
Metaphase in a mammalian cell
The Metaphase to Anaphase Transition (also called the cyclosome NOT the tumor suppressor!!)
The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
Mitotic Defects Leading to Aneuploidy Weaver BA, Cleveland DW. Does aneuploidy cause cancer? Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2006 Dec;18(6):658-667.
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Genes that are Mutated and/or Misregulated in Human Cancers Weaver BA, Cleveland DW. Does aneuploidy cause cancer? Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2006 Dec;18(6):658-667.