Synonyms and Variants
G2/Mitotic-specific cyclin B
Homo sapiens
protein: G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-B1
gene: CCNB1
locus: Chr. 5 q12
sequence: http://www.uniprot.org/blast/?about=P14635-1
protein: G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-B2
gene: CCNB2
locus: Chr. 15 q21.3
sequence: http://www.uniprot.org/uniparc/UPI00001275B3
protein: G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-B3
gene: CCNB3
locus: Chr. X p11
sequence: http://www.uniprot.org/uniparc/UPI000022DC76
Mus musculus
Cyclin B1, cyclin B2, cyclin B3
Arabidopsis thaliana
proteins: Cyclin B1-1, Cyclin B1-2, Cyclin B1-3, Cyclin B1-4, Cyclin B1-5, Cyclin B2-1, Cyclin B2-2, Cyclin B2-3, Cyclin B2-4, Cyclin B2-5, Cyclin B3-1(putative)
genes: CYCB1-1, CYCB1-2, CYCB1-3, CYCB1-4, CYCB1-5, CYCB2-1, CYCB2-2, CYCB2-3, CYCB2-4, CYCB2-5, CYCB3-1(putative)
Caenorhabditis elegans
proteins: Cyclin B1, Cyclin B3
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
proteins: cyclin cig2, cyclin cdc13
Historical Background
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Kubiak, J.Z., Cup, M., Janiec, J., Kloc, M. (2018). Cyclin B. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101558
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