Asymmetric distribution of oncogene products at mitosis.

Czerniak, B; Herz, F; Wersto, R P; Koss, L G · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 1992

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Computer-assisted image analysis was used to demonstrate in exponentially proliferating human tumor cells the uneven postmitotic apportionment of several oncogene-encoded proteins (ras p21; erbB-2 p185; fos p55; myc p62). This observation may provide the explanation for the high degree of heterogeneity of postmitotic cells and the asynchrony in cell cycle traverse of cultured cells.

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