“…Cells were then released into drug-free medium and harvested at 0 h (G 1 /S phase), 3 h (early S phase), 5 h (mid-S phase), or 7 h (late S phase) after removal of aphidicolin. To synchronize cells in G 0 /G 1 phase, Raji 525-7 cells were grown for 15 h in RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 1% fetal calf serum (BRL-Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA), 1% penicillin-streptomycin (BRL-Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA) and 1.5% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO; Sigma, St Louis, MO, USA) and harvested (Sawai et al, 1990;Ponzio et al, 1998). Replicate cultures of cells were trypsinized, fixed in ethanol, and stained with propidium iodide.…”