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Analysis of Cell Cycle Position in Mammalian Cells
Published on: January 21, 2012
Resting-proliferative transition in cultured mammalian cells
National Cancer Institute Monograph
|May 1, 1978
Abstract:
Cell lines established in culture have been tested for their ability to enter a resting state upon serum step-down. The reentry of resting cells into a proliferative state has been studied. This transition between states of resting and of proliferation is considered a manifestation in cell cultures of physiologic growth regulatory mechanisms. The regulatory effects of hormones and hormone-like peptide growth factors on the resting-proliferative transition are analyzed.
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