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A cell determines whether to undergo division at what are called checkpoints in the cell cycle. The activity of genes required to undergo the next stage in cell cycle is checked at these checkpoints by factors called cyclins and are aided by Cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks), a type of enzymes.

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