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Restoration of an absent G <sub>1</sub> arrest and protection from apoptosis in embryonic stem cells after ionizing radiation
27 Sept 2004
Abstract excerpt
Response to DNA damage and cell-cycle regulation differ markedly between embryonic stem (ES) cells and somatic cells. ES cells require exquisitely sensitive mechanisms to maintain genomic integrity and do so, in part, by suppressing spontaneous mutation. Spontaneous mutation frequency in somatic cells is approximately 10(-4) compared with 10(-6) for ES cells. ES cells also lack a G(1) checkpoint and are...
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