The decision to commit to cell division-the Start transition-in budding yeast is governed by time integration of G1 cyclin-CDK activity by the transcription factor Whi5.
Investigation of how cells rewire their transcriptional programs during transition from mitotic to meiotic cell fate reveals a two-pronged mechanism for inactivating a key mitotic transcription factor.
Edgar M Medina, Jonathan J Turner ... Nicolas E Buchler
Cell cycle network evolution in a fungal ancestor was punctuated by the arrival of a viral DNA-binding protein that was permanently incorporated into the regulatory network controlling cell cycle entry.
Cells accumulate damaged proteins during aging and, by compromising the function of chaperones in folding newly synthesized G1 cyclins, proteostasis breakdown inhibits cell-cycle entry and drives yeast cells into senescence.
Patrick Hillenbrand, Kerstin C Maier ... Ulrich Gerland
Quantitative analysis of time-dependent transcription data elucidates the signal processing within the genetic network that regulates transcriptional cell cycle oscillations in yeast.