TABLE 2.
Cell cycle stageb | % Penetrance of:
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Luciferase | M-1 | |
Interphase | 3 | 21 |
Metaphase | 0 | 28 |
Cytokinesis | 0 | 8 |
Postbinucleation | 0 | 42 |
Time-lapse microscopy was utilized to determine the percentage of penetrance. HeLa cells were transfected with either a luciferase control siRNA or the moderate KIF14 siRNA M-1. Time-lapse was initiated 30 h posttransfection and was terminated 24 h later. The baseline level of apoptosis was determined by counting the number of apoptotic events that occurred within a population of 100 luciferase siRNA-transfected cells. For M-1 transfected cells, 75 apoptotic events were scored.
All apoptotic events were segregated based upon the stage of the cell cycle where apoptosis occurred.