Stains & molecular markers
Cyclins
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Cyclins
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 October 2013
Minor changes: 14 December 2020
Copyright: 2003-2021, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: cyclins[title]
Table of Contents
Definition / generalCite this page: Pernick N. Cyclins. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainscyclins.html. Accessed January 18th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Regulatory subunits of cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs)
- Control the passage of proliferating cells through key checkpoints in the cell cycle (G1 to S, G2 to M) through overexpression of positive growth regulators such as cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) and underexpression of inhibitory growth regulators, such as CDK inhibitors
