Geranylgeranylpyrophosphate, a metabolite of mevalonate, regulates the cell cycle progression and DNA synthesis in human lymphocytes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 376-382

  Tatsuno, Ichiro ^a   Tanaka, Tomoaki ^a   Oeda, Tooru ^a   Yasuda, Tatsuji ^b   Kitagawa, Masatoshi ^c   Saito, Yasushi ^a   Hirai, Aizan ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate; HMG CoA reductase; Human lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PRAVASTATIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLITE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031577754     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.7825     Document Type: Article

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