Diphtheria

Natural infection with C. diphtheriae occurs only in humans and is spread by respiratory droplets. 

The organism colonizes the nasopharyngeal tract and causes little tissue damage, with only a mild inflammatory reaction. 

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Labile factors called cyclins drive the progression of cells through different stages of the cell cycle by binding to CDKs.

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Cells commit to a new cell division at a specific point in G1 known as START or the restriction point.

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R-factor 

In mammalian cells - cyclin D 

In yeast - Cln3

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cyclin-CDK complexes preferentially phosphorylate

serine and threonine residues when they are found within the consensus sequence:

[S/T]PX[R/K]K 

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G1 Cyclin–CDKs

In human - cyclin D-CDK 4 

cyclin D-CDK 6

In budding yeast - CIn 3-Cdc 28