Progression through the cell cycledepends on the phosphorylationof hundreds of different proteins bycyclin–Cdk complexes. What are themolecular mechanisms ensuring thatthese proteins are phosphorylated atprecisely the right time and place?

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Progression through the cell cycle
depends on the phosphorylation
of hundreds of different proteins by
cyclin–Cdk complexes. What are the
molecular mechanisms ensuring that
these proteins are phosphorylated at
precisely the right time and place?

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