Searching across hundreds of databases

Our searching services are busy right now. Your search will reload in five seconds.

X
Forgot Password

If you have forgotten your password you can enter your email here and get a temporary password sent to your email.

X
Forgot Password

If you have forgotten your password you can enter your email here and get a temporary password sent to your email.

Dynamics of DNA replication factories in living cells.

The Journal of cell biology | 2000

DNA replication occurs in microscopically visible complexes at discrete sites (replication foci) in the nucleus. These foci consist of DNA associated with replication machineries, i.e., large protein complexes involved in DNA replication. To study the dynamics of these nuclear replication foci in living cells, we fused proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a central component of the replication machinery, with the green fluorescent protein (GFP). Imaging of stable cell lines expressing low levels of GFP-PCNA showed that replication foci are heterogeneous in size and lifetime. Time-lapse studies revealed that replication foci clearly differ from nuclear speckles and coiled bodies as they neither show directional movements, nor do they seem to merge or divide. These four dimensional analyses suggested that replication factories are stably anchored in the nucleus and that changes in the pattern occur through gradual, coordinated, but asynchronous, assembly and disassembly throughout S phase.

Pubmed ID: 10769021 RIS Download

Research resources used in this publication

None found

Antibodies used in this publication

None found

Associated grants

None

Publication data is provided by the National Library of Medicine ® and PubMed ®. Data is retrieved from PubMed ® on a weekly schedule. For terms and conditions see the National Library of Medicine Terms and Conditions.

This is a list of tools and resources that we have found mentioned in this publication.


Image Pro Plus (tool)

RRID:SCR_007369

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on July 18,2023. Software package to capture, process, measure, analyze and share images and data.

View all literature mentions

NIH Image (tool)

RRID:SCR_003073

Public image processing and analysis program for Macintosh.

View all literature mentions

ImageQuant (tool)

RRID:SCR_014246

Software for automatic general image analysis. It provides fully automatic analysis of 1-D gels including lane creation, background subtraction, band detection, molecular weight calibration, quantity calibration, and normalization. Editing tools are provided for cropping, rotating, and filtering images.

View all literature mentions

C2C12 (tool)

RRID:CVCL_0188

Cell line C2C12 is a Spontaneously immortalized cell line with a species of origin Mus musculus (Mouse)

View all literature mentions

COS-7 (tool)

RRID:CVCL_0224

Cell line COS-7 is a Transformed cell line with a species of origin Chlorocebus aethiops (Green monkey)

View all literature mentions