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Geminin deficiency causes a Chk1-dependent G2 arrest in Xenopus.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Oct 2002
McGarry Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
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...
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