Molecular beacons are FRET-labelled single-stranded hairpin-shaped oligonucleotide probes originally developed by Tyagi and Kramer in 1996.

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Defects of cohesin’s gene expression regulation function are the cause of a group of diseases collectively called cohesinopathies.

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The phosphorylation state of T14 and Y15 is controlled by a dual-specificity protein kinase known as Wee1 and a pair of dual-specificity phosphatases, Cdc25B and Cdc25C (Threonine 14 is not phosphorylated in S. pombe CDK1)

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Cdc25B is act as a starter phosphatase that initiates CDK1 activation

Cdc25C is the workhorse phosphatase that activates the vast majority of cyclin-CDK1 complexes

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Yeast cells with a defective wee1+ gene activate mitotic CDKs prematurely and premature entry into mitosis (smaller than normal cells