Interphase is the active portion of the cell cycle that includes the G1, S phase, and G2 phases, where the cell Cell growth, DNA replication, and prepares for mitosis, respectively. Interphase was formerly called the " resting phase," but the cell in interphase is not simply dormant. Calling it so would be misleading since a cell in interphase is very busy synthesizing proteins, transcribing DNA into RNA, Endocytosis, and processing signals, to name just a few activities. The cell is quiescent only in G0. Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle in which a typical cell spends 90% of its life. Interphase is the "daily living" or Metabolism phase of the cell, in which the cell obtains Nutrient and metabolism them, grows, replicates its DNA in preparation for mitosis, and conducts other "normal" cell functions.
A common misconception is that interphase is the first stage of mitosis, but since mitosis is the division of the Cell nucleus, prophase is actually the first stage.
In interphase, the cell gets itself ready for mitosis or meiosis. , or normal diploid cells of the body, go through mitosis in order to reproduce themselves through cell division, whereas diploid (i.e., primary and primary ) go through meiosis in order to create haploid gametes (i.e., sperm and ovum) for the purpose of sexual reproduction.
DNA double-strand breaks can be DNA repair during interphase by two principal processes.Shibata A. Regulation of repair pathway choice at two-ended DNA double-strand breaks. Mutat Res. 2017 Oct;803-805:51-55. doi: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2017.07.011. Epub 2017 Jul 29. Review. PMID 28781144 The first process, non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), can join the two broken ends of DNA in the G1, S phase and G2 phases of interphase. The second process, homologous recombinational repair (HRR), is more accurate than NHEJ in repairing double-strand breaks. However HRR is only active during the S and G2 phases of interphase when DNA replication is either partially or fully accomplished, since HRR requires two adjacent homologous chromosomes.
In the cell cycle, interphase is preceded by telophase and cytokinesis of the Cell division. In alternative fashion, interphase is sometimes interrupted by G0 phase, which, in some circumstances, may then end and be followed by the remaining stages of interphase. After the successful completion of the G2 checkpoint, the final checkpoint in interphase, the cell proceeds to prophase, or in plants to preprophase, which is the first stage of mitosis.
G0 phase is viewed as either an extended G1 phase where the cell is neither dividing nor preparing to divide, or as a distinct stage which occurs outside of the cell cycle.
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