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Cell cycle checkpoints are the regulatory mechanisms that secure the strict order of cellular events for cell division that ensure genome integrity. It has been proposed that mitosis initiation depends on the completion of DNA replication, which must be tightly controlled to guarantee genome duplication. Contrary to these conventional hypotheses, we showed here that cells were able to enter mitosis without completion of DNA replication. Although DNA replication was not completed in cells upon depletion of MCM2, CDC45 or GINS4, these under-replicated cells progressed into mitosis, which led to cell death. These unexpected results challenge current model and suggest the absence of a cell cycle checkpoint that monitors the completion of DNA replication.

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