title: Mitotic crisis: the unmasking of a novel role for RPA.
abstract: Mitotic DNA damage is a constant threat to genomic integrity, yet understanding of the cellular responses to this stress remain incomplete. Recent work by Anantha et al. (2008; PNAS 105:12903-8) has found surprising evidence that RPA, the primary eukaryotic single-stranded DNA-binding protein, can stimulate the ability of cells to exit mitosis into a 2N G(1) phase. Along with providing additional discussion of this study, we review evidence suggesting that DNA replication and repair factors can modulate mitotic transit by acting through Polo-like kinase-1 (Plk1) and the centrosome. 'A crisis unmasks everyone.'-Mason Cooley, U.S. aphorist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel William
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Anantha
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Borowiec
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018385:Centrosome / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051716:Replication Protein A / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051716:Replication Protein A; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1; C516794:RPA2 protein, human