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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2002

Geminin deficiency causes a Chk1-dependent G2 arrest in Xenopus.

Thomas J McGarry

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. S-phase-coupled apoptosis in tumor suppression.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2011
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  18. Life without geminin.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2010
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  19. Geminin stabilizes Cdt1 during meiosis in Xenopus oocytes.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2009
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas J McGarryDivision of Signal Transduction, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. t_mcgarry@northwestern.edu
Northwestern University · US

Funding

PROTEIN KINASE SIGNALING PATHWAYSR01GM056203 · NIGMS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI CANTLEY, LEWIS C. · 1997 to 2012
$4.5M
PROTEIN DEGRADATION DURING MITOSIS AND DEVELOPMENTK08HL003461 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI MCGARRY, THOMAS J · 1996 to 1998
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NHLBI NIH HHS K 08 HL03461NIGMS NIH HHS GM-56203NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM056203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Geminin is an unstable inhibitor of DNA replication that gets destroyed at the metaphase/anaphase transition. The biological function of geminin has been difficult to determine because it is not homologous to a characterized protein and has pleiotropic effects when overexpressed. Geminin is thought to prevent a second round of initiation during S or G2 phase. In some assays, geminin induces uncommitted embryonic cells to differentiate as neurons. In this study, geminin was eliminated from developing Xenopus embryos by using antisense techniques. Geminin-deficient embryos show a novel and unusual phenotype: they complete the early cleavage divisions normally but arrest in G2 phase immediately after the midblastula transition. The arrest requires Chk1, the effector kinase of the DNA replication/DNA damage checkpoint pathway. The results indicate that geminin has an essential function and that loss of this function prevents entry into mitosis by a Chk1-dependent mechanism. Geminin may be required to maintain the structural integrity of the genome or it may directly down-regulate Chk1 activity. The data also show that during the embryonic cell cycles, rereplication is almost entirely prevented by geminin-independent mechanisms.

Indexed as

Animalscdc25 PhosphatasesCDC2 Protein KinaseCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 1DNA ReplicationEmbryo, NonmammalianG2 PhaseGemininOligonucleotides, AntisensePhenotypeProtein KinasesRNAXenopus laevisXenopus Proteinscdc25 PhosphatasesCDC2 Protein KinaseCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 1Chek1 protein, XenopusGemininGMNN protein, XenopusOligonucleotides, AntisenseProtein KinasesRNAXenopus Proteins

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PMID12388764
PMCPMC129973
OpenAlexW2163375855

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