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. 1969 Feb 1;40(2):382–388. doi: 10.1083/jcb.40.2.382

A DIFFUSIBLE FACTOR WHICH SUSTAINS CONTACT INHIBITION OF REPLICATION

Jen Yeh 1, Harold W Fisher 1
PMCID: PMC2107624  PMID: 5812470

Abstract

Confluent 3T3 cultures make and release into the medium a diffusible factor which sustains the state of contact inhibition of replication. Evidence is given that the factor is a specific and reversible inhibitor of the RNA synthesis which precedes cellular replication.

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