Abstract
The precise mechanisms involved in the regulation of the mammalian cell DNA-synthesizing machinery are poorly understood. In vitro DNA replication systems, in particular the employment of the simian virus 40 (SV40)-based cell-free DNA replication system, has identified several mammalian enzymes and proteins required for DNA synthesis. Although these proteins have been identified as playing a role in DNA replication, their functional organization allowing for the efficient replication of DNA has not been well defined. This review describes the proteins that have currently been defined as having a role in mammalian DNA replication and their proposed mechanisms of action. How these proteins may organize themselves to form multiprotein complexes, or larger DNA replication factories, allowing for efficient chromosomal DNA synthesis is discussed. In addition, the cell cycle regulation of mammalian DNA synthesis and the current status concerning mammalian DNA replication origins is described.
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