Abstract
This article describes a laboratory exercise designed for undergraduate students in the subject of "Regulation of cell proliferation" which allows the students to carry out a research experiment in an important field such as cell cycle control, and to be introduced to a widely used technique in molecular biology laboratories such as the western blot. The cell cycle is regulated by the succession of cyclin-CDK kinase activities. Activation and inactivation of different cyclin-CDK complexes depend on the control of their positive and negative regulators, cyclins and CDK inhibitors (CKIs), respectively. In this experiment, fluctuations in the level of mitotic cyclin Clb2 and CDK inhibitor Sic1 throughout the cell cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are analyzed, particularly in the context of the control of mitotic exit and Start, two of the most important cell cycle transitions. In order to do this, a cdc15 mutant strain is used to block cells in telophase and, upon release from this blocking, the variation in the levels of Clb2 and Sic1 proteins are analyzed by western blot. Progress along the cell cycle is also evaluated by microscopic analysis of cell morphology and nuclear staining. This practical illustrates the experimental b...Continue Reading
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