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What is a cyclin?

What is a cyclin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase
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Here it is important to notice that lack of NFAT5 did not shut down all processes, and for instance NFAT5-deficient cells were able to reinduce cyclin D3 after its initial downregulation by hypertonic stress.
Subsequently it... reappears and disappears every time the cells divide.' Hunt had located a key protein in cell division called a cyclin, another piece in the jigsaw of checkpoint regulation necessary for healthy growth.
In general, cyclins are proteins that regulate the cell cycle by combining with cyclin dependent kinases to form an enzymatic complex.
Abnormal expression of cyclin D1 and cyclin-dependent kinases have been considered to be one of the most important factors in the tumourigenesis of various human malignancies.
The cells express a protein called cyclin D1 that allows the cancerous cells to propagate.
Derailments of the RB-pathway components, cyclin D1 and cdk4 in particular, seems to participate in the endometrial cancer development in humans.

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