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. 1964 Nov;4(6):441–450. doi: 10.1016/s0006-3495(64)86794-1

Life Cycle Analysis of Mammalian Cells

II. Cells from the Chinese Hamster Ovary Grown in Suspension Culture

T T Puck, P Sanders, D Petersen
PMCID: PMC1367597  PMID: 14232130

Abstract

A method for life cycle analysis in mammalian cells which utilizes the collection function has been applied to the Chinese hamster ovary grown in suspension. The following durations were found for the various parts of the life cycle: S, 4.13 hours; G1, 4.71 hours; G2, 2.81 hours; mitosis, 0.81 hours. The cell has a total generation time of 12.4 hours as opposed to 20.1 hours for the S3 HeLa cell. However, the relative lengths of each phase of the life cycle are identical within experimental uncertainty in the two cells.

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