The replication capacity of intact mammalian nuclei in Xenopus egg extracts declines with quiescence, but the residual DNA synthesis is independent of Xenopus MCM proteins

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 683-695

  Sun, Wei Hsin ^a,e   Hola, Marek ^a   Pedley, Kevin ^a   Tada, Shusuke ^b   Blow, J Julian ^b   Todorov, Ivan T ^c   Kearsey, Stephen E ^d   Brooks, Robert F ^a,f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Desmos Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA synthesis; Licensing factor; MCM protein; Quiescence; Xenopus egg extract

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; XENOPUS;

3T3 CELLS; ADENINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MAMMALS; MCM1 PROTEIN; MICE; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0002257482     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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