The hidden rhythms of the dividing cell.
The cell divides in a series of discrete steps that occur in a specific order. Lu and Cross (2010) now propose that cell-cycle events are ordered by a regulatory system in which a master oscillator, based on cyclin-dependent kinases, entrains a series of peripheral oscillators controlling individual events.
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Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. david.morgan@ucsf.edu