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Synchronization of mouse L-cells by a velocity sedimentation technique.

Biophysical journal ·Vol. 10 ·No. 9 ·1970-09-00 ·Pages 834-42

Macdonald HR, Miller RG

Abstract

Differential velocity sedimentation at unit gravity has been used to separate an asynchronous population of mammalian cells into fractions synchronized in all phases of the cell cycle. Better enrichment was obtained for G(1) and S phases than for G(2)-M phase. Electronic cell volume measurements of the fractions indicated that the separation was primarily dependent on cell size, and an experimentally determined sedimentation coefficient agreed very well with its predicted value. Sources of dispersion in the separation (including the contribution of cell density heterogeneity) were quantitated and found to be insufficient to explain all of the observed dispersion. Both the limitations and the applications of the technique are discussed.

MeSH Terms
Animals Cell Division Centrifugation, Density Gradient L Cells Methods Mice Mitosis
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Macdonald H R
Miller R G
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Article Info
Journal
Biophysical journal
Abbr.
Biophys J
ISSN
0006-3495
Published
1970-09-00
Pages
834-42
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0370626
PMCID
PMC1367817
Subset
IM
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