## Abstract Previous studies in several laboratories have demonstrated inadvertent chromosomal abnormalities in longβterm cultured human embryonic stem cells (HESC). Here, using a twoβstep selection process we report a functional adaptation of a HESC line, HS181, towards a decreased dependence of e
Replication of chromosomal DNA in cultured abnormal human cells
β Scribed by Yu. B. Yurov
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 600 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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β¦ Synopsis
The replication of chromosomal DNA in a series of abnormal human cell cultures has been studied by means of DNA-fiber autoradiography. In lymphocytes with trisomy 21, in fibroblasts of 45,X;47,XXX;49,XXXXY; and 49,XXXXX chromosomal constitution, and in fibroblasts from a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum (De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome), the rate of DNA replication does not differ from that in normal cells, varying in a single fork from 0.2 to 1.0 micrometer/min with a mean of about 0.6 micrometer/min. In fibroblasts with trisomy 7 the rate of DNA replication is greater, varying from 0.3 to 1.2 micrometer/min with a mean of about 0.8 micrometer/min. The sizes of replication units in all cells examined are from 80 to 500 micrometer with a mean of about 200-300 micrometer.
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