Time-keeping and decision-making in the cell cycle

• Published in: Interface focus Vol. 12; no. 4; p. 20210075
• Main Authors: Tyson, John J., Novák, Béla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 10.06.2022
• Subjects: Review

Cell growth, DNA replication, mitosis and division are the fundamental processes by which life is passed on from one generation of eukaryotic cells to the next. The eukaryotic cell cycle is intrinsically a periodic process but not so much a ‘clock’ as a ‘copy machine’, making new daughter cells as w...