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Maintenance of genetic information in stem cells

Maintenance of genetic information in stem cells The available data on DNA cosegregation in some stem cells are reviewed. Cairns was the first to assume cosegregation of template DNA strands for adult stem cells; i.e., all maternal DNA strands are preserved in one daughter cell, which remains a stem cell, while the newly synthesized DNA strands, which may contain errors, appear in the daughter cell that is committed to differentiation and passes to the transitory compartment of the cell population. The role of asymmetric mitosis in DNA cosegregation and maintenance of genetic information in stem cells is discussed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian Journal of Genetics Springer Journals

Maintenance of genetic information in stem cells

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 by Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Subject
Biomedicine; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Human Genetics
ISSN
1022-7954
eISSN
1608-3369
DOI
10.1134/S1022795408030022
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Abstract

The available data on DNA cosegregation in some stem cells are reviewed. Cairns was the first to assume cosegregation of template DNA strands for adult stem cells; i.e., all maternal DNA strands are preserved in one daughter cell, which remains a stem cell, while the newly synthesized DNA strands, which may contain errors, appear in the daughter cell that is committed to differentiation and passes to the transitory compartment of the cell population. The role of asymmetric mitosis in DNA cosegregation and maintenance of genetic information in stem cells is discussed.

Journal

Russian Journal of GeneticsSpringer Journals

Published: Jan 19, 2011

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