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Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.660.740
D23.050.290.750
D23.101.140.600
Unique ID
D018809
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018809
Scope Note
Nuclear antigen with a role in DNA synthesis, DNA repair, and cell cycle progression. PCNA is required for the coordinated synthesis of both leading and lagging strands at the replication fork during DNA replication. PCNA expression correlates with the proliferation activity of several malignant and non-malignant cell types.
Entry Term(s)
Antigen, Proliferating Cell Nuclear
PCNA
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Nuclear Proteins (1988-1994)
Nucleoproteins (1983-1987)
Public MeSH Note
95; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN was indexed under NUCLEAR PROTEINS 1988-94 & NUCLEOPROTEINS 1983-87
Online Note
use PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN (NM) to search PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN 1983-94
History Note
95; was PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN (NM) 1983-94
Date Established
1995/01/01
Date of Entry
1994/05/31
Revision Date
2015/06/19
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Preferred
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