When cells arrest the cell cycle in G1 to enter the non-dividing quiescent state, the transcriptional machinery that promotes G1/S transition must be inactivated. Central to this regulation is Whi5, in budding yeast, and the Retinoblastoma (Rb) protein, in mammalian cells, acting as repressors of th...
ORGANISM(S): Schizosaccharomyces pombe