Main description:

Provided here is an easily accessible introduction to the
mechanisms of DNA replication, regulation and the
biochemistry of cell cycle control. An overview of this
rapidly developing field is presented to orient the reader,
followed by a series of contributions by leading researchers
summarizing recent results on selected topics, such as
protein phosporylation, tumor suppressor genes, and signal
transduction in prokaryotic and eucaryotic systems. The
reader will gain an overview of our current understanding of
DNA replication and the cell cycle, and a selection of
useful recent references for further reading.

Contents:

Introductory Remarks. The Initiation ofEukaryotic DNA Replication and Its Control.- Regulation of DNA Replication in Model Systems.- Regulation of DNA Replication in Escherichia coli.- Protein-Primed Replication of Bacteriophage o29 DNA.- Initiation of Bacteriophage ? DNA Replication in Vitro in a System Reconstituted with Purified Proteins.- Mechanisms Controlling Hepadnaviral Nucleocapsid Assembly and Replication.- Basic Elements of the Eukaryotic Replication Process.- Mammalian DNA Helicases, DNA Polymerases and DNA Polymerase Auxiliary Proteins.- Protein-DNA Interaction at Yeast Replication Origins: An Ars Consensus Binding Protein.- Eukaryotic Origins of DNA Replication.- Protein-Induced Alterations in DNA Structure at the dhfr Origin of Replication.- Mechanism and Control of Cellular DNA Replication.- Protein Kinases and Replication Control.- Regulation of the Mitotic CDC2 Protein Kinase.- Control of SV 40 DNA Replication by Protein Phosphorylation.- The Mitogen/Oncogene-Activated p70s6k: Its Role in the G0/G1 Transition.- Ubiquitin-Dependent Protein Degradation.- Transcriptional Control of Cell Proliferation.- Ternary Complex Formation at the Human cfos Serum Response Element.- Function and Regulation of DNA Replication Genes in Budding Yeast An Overview.- Functional Analysis of Recombinant mUBF, a Murine rDNA Transcription Initiation Factor Which is Phosphorylated by Casein Kinase II.- Antisense Strategies for Modulating the Repression of Cell Division.- Growth Suppressors and the Decision to Replicate the Genome.- Biological Phenotypes of Tumor-Derived Human p53 Mutants.- Association of Wild Type P-53 with Cell Differentiation: Induction of Pre-b Cell Maturation in Vitro.- The Growing Biological Scenario of Growth Arrest.