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Cycling surprises
Genome Biology volume 2, Article number: spotlight-20010104-03 (2001)
Array analysis of dividing cells has been tackled for yeast, but in the January Nature Genetics Cho et al. present the first large-scale analysis in human cells (Nat Genet 2001, 27:48-54). They identify731 of 40,000 human genes and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) as being cell cycle regulated in primary fibroblasts, and use a functional classification system to identify coordinate regulation of pathways. Notable surprises include upregulation of motility-related genes in G2 (perhaps to prepare daughter cells for migration away from each other), and of extracellular matrix-associated genes in M (possibly to enhance the re-establishment of cell-cell contact and communication after mitosis).
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Nature Genetics, [http://www.nature.com/ng/]
Supplementary data to Nat Genet 2000, 27:48-54, [http://www.salk.edu/LABS/chipdata/]
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Wells, W. Cycling surprises. Genome Biol 2, spotlight-20010104-03 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010104-03
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010104-03
Keywords
- Cell Cycle
- Classification System
- Human Cell
- Functional Classification
- Human Gene