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Radiation and the G2 phase of the cell cycle
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
Radiation Research
|November 7, 1998
Abstract:
Exposure of mammalian cells to X rays results in prolongation of the cell cycle, including delays or arrests in G1, S and G2 phase. While G1-phase arrest occurs only in cells with wild-type p53 function, a G2-phase delay occurs in all cells regardless of p53 status. In this review, we summarize what is known about cell cycle progression through G2 and M phase and discuss the experimental findings that implicate different mechanisms in the G2-phase delay. Finally, we consider the possibility that G2-phase arrest plays a role in cell survival after irradiation.