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Development, Vol 127, Issue 23 5071-5082, Copyright © 2000 by Company of Biologists
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ET Kipreos, SP Gohel and EM Hedgecock
Department of Cellular Biology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA. ekipreos@cb.uga.edu
In multicellular eukaryotes, a complex program of developmental signals regulates cell growth and division by controlling the synthesis, activation and degradation of G(1) cell cycle regulators. Here we describe the lin-23 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans, which is required to restrain cell proliferation in response to developmental cues. In lin-23 null mutants, all postembryonic blast cells undergo extra divisions, creating supernumerary cells that can differentiate and function normally. In contrast to the inability to regulate the extent of blast cell division in lin-23 mutants, the timing of initial cell cycle entry of blast cells is not affected. lin-23 encodes an F-box/WD-repeat protein that is orthologous to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene MET30, the Drosophila melanogaster gene slmb and the human gene betaTRCP, all of which function as components of SCF ubiquitin-ligase complexes. Loss of function of the Drosophila slmb gene causes the growth of ectopic appendages in a non-cell autonomous manner. In contrast, lin-23 functions cell autonomously to negatively regulate cell cycle progression, thereby allowing cell cycle exit in response to developmental signals.
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