New cell or new cycle?
- PMID: 18981469
- DOI: 10.1101/gad.1740808
New cell or new cycle?
Abstract
In mammals, trophoblast giant (TG) cell differentiation is characterized by a physiological endoreduplication, resulting in genome size augmentation. A recent study by Ullah and colleagues (pp. 3024-3036), published in this issue of Genes & Development, now elucidates the role of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CKIs), p21 and p57, in mammalian endocycle regulation.
Comment on
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Differentiation of trophoblast stem cells into giant cells is triggered by p57/Kip2 inhibition of CDK1 activity.Genes Dev. 2008 Nov 1;22(21):3024-36. doi: 10.1101/gad.1718108. Genes Dev. 2008. PMID: 18981479 Free PMC article.
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