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cyclin
(redirected from Mitotic cyclin)

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cyclin [′sī·klin]
(cell and molecular biology)
Any member of a family of proteins that regulate the cell cycle and whose cellular levels rise steadily until mitosis, then fall abruptly to zero. As cyclins reach a threshold level, they are thought to drive cells into G2 phase and thus toward mitosis.


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