title: Cyclins: growing pains for Drosophila.
abstract: Tradition holds that cyclin D is required for the initiation of cell division; recent studies in Drosophila, however, suggest that cyclin D has a separate function in governing growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Cologne, Weyertal 121, D-50931, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sprenger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D056741:Cyclin D; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016213:Cyclins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C534694:CycD protein, Drosophila; D056741:Cyclin D; D016213:Cyclins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C099965:Rbf protein, Drosophila; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors; C495896:Cdk4 protein, Drosophila; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases