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. 1978 Jun;75(6):2873–2877. doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.6.2873

Genetic analysis of the G1 period: Isolation of mutants (or variants) with a G1 period from a Chinese hamster cell line lacking G1

R Michael Liskay 1, David M Prescott 1
PMCID: PMC392667  PMID: 275858

Abstract

Cells of the Chinese hamster line V79-8 multiply without a G1 period (i.e., they are G1-) and have an average generation time of 9.5 hr. After mutagenesis and selection we have derived five stable mutants (or variants) of this line that have longer generation times. In each case the increase in generation time is due solely to the introduction of a G1 period into the cell cycle, with no measurable effect on S, G2, or M. Fusions among these five G1+ mutant lines and another presumably nonmutant G1+ line (V79-743) produce hybrid cells lacking a G1 period in all but one case. These complementation tests define five complementation groups among these six G1+ cell lines. The six G1+ lines represent five different causes or bases for the presence of a G1 period. The two G1+ mutants belonging to complementation group V are temperature sensitive for expression of the G1+ phenotype (G1 ≅ 0, 4, and 6 hr at 33°, 37°, and 39°, respectively). In all cases the G1- state is dominant over the G1+ state, suggesting that the presence of G1 represents a “deficient” condition. Mutants of this type may be useful in the analysis of the switch from G1- to G1+ that occurs normally in cleaving embryos and in elucidation of the genetic mechanism(s) responsible for the presence of a measurable G1 in most cells.

Keywords: cell cycle, V79 cells, somatic cell genetics, complementation

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