Checkpoint Controls and Cancer: Volume 1
Subtitle: Reviews and Model Systems (Methods in Molecular Biology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: June 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781588292148
Subjects: Oncology; Medical; Cellular signal transduction; Medical / Nursing; Research; Medical / Oncology; Cellular control mechanisms; Diseases; Carcinogenesis; Laboratory manuals
First sentence: Mitogen-dependent progression through the first gap phase (G1) of the mammalian cell-division cycle is precisely regulated so that normal cell division is coordinated with cell division growth, while the initiation of DNA synthesis (S phase) is precisely ordered to prevent inappropriate amplification of the DNA that may cause genome instability.