Description
Analysis of effect of S-phase arrest and replication checkpoint activation on differentiating hESCs at the gene expression level. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that replication checkpoint activation prevents the exit from pluripotency in hESCs. Results provide important information of the response of hESCs to replication arrest, such as upregulation of genes involved in the TGF-beta signaling pathway, and subsequent maintenance of pluripotency marker expression.