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. 1975 Mar;72(3):878–882. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.3.878

Cyclic AMP, a nonessential regulator of the cell cycle.

P Coffino, J W Gray, G M Tomkins
PMCID: PMC432424  PMID: 165491

Abstract

Flow-microfluorimetric analysis has been carried out on populations of exponentially growing S49 mouse lymphoma cells treated with dibutyryl cyclic AMP. The drug produces a specific concentration-dependent block in the G-1 phase of the cell cycle while other phases of the cycle are not perceptibly altered. The cell cycle of a line of mutant cells lacking the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase is not affected by the drug. Since these mutant cells have been shown to maintain a normal cell cycle, even in the presence of high levels of cyclic AMP, periodic fluctuations in the levels of the cyclic nucleotide cannot be required for or determine progression through the cell cycle.

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