cell division cycle

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	Definition:		Genes which control the yeast cell cycle. There are around 50 different genes which do this. A yeast cell which has cell-division-cycle genes that have mutated to become sensitive to temperature; at certain temperatures (usually high ones), various parts of the normal yeast cell cycle become abnormal, and in some strains the yeast cell does not survive at all.
	Synonyms:		cdc