Homozygotes are viable and fertile. p21, the product of the Cdkn1a gene, belongs to a family of regulators, known as cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, which modulate progression through the cell cycle. Following serum restimulation, expression of p21 is superinducible by cycloheximide in wild-type but not in p53-deficient cells. p53 appears to play a critical role in p21 induction following DNA damage. p21 can be regulated independently of p53 during normal tissue development, following serum stimulation, and during cellular differentiation.

Mouse embryo fibroblasts from homozygous <i>Cdkn1a<sup>tm1Tyj</sup></i> mutants have impaired ability to undergo G1 arrest following DNA damage.



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