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. 1991 Apr 5;65(1):145-61.
doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(91)90416-v.

The role of CDC28 and cyclins during mitosis in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae

U Surana  1 , H Robitsch, C Price, T Schuster, I Fitch, A B Futcher, K Nasmyth
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The role of CDC28 and cyclins during mitosis in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae

U Surana et al. Cell. .

Abstract

cdc28-1N is a conditional allele that has normal G1 (Start) function but confers a mitotic defect. We have isolated seven genes that in high dosage suppress the growth defect of cdc28-1N cells but not of Start-defective cdc28-4 cells. Three of these (CLB1, CLB2, and CLB4) encode proteins strongly homologous to G2-specific B-type cyclins. Another gene, CLB3, was cloned using PCR, CLB1 and CLB2 encode a pair of closely related proteins; CLB3 and CLB4 encode a second pair. Neither CLB1 nor CLB2 is essential; however, disruption of both is lethal and causes a mitotic defect. Furthermore, the double mutant cdc28-1N clb2::LEU2 is nonviable, whereas cdc28-4 clb2::LEU2 is viable, suggesting that the cdc28-1N protein may be defective in its interaction with B-type cyclins. Our results are consistent with CDC28 function being required in both G1 and mitosis. Its mitotic role, we believe, involves interaction with a family of at least four G2-specific cyclins.

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