[Mechanism of genome inactivation in avian erythrocytes. IV. New data on the mechanisms of cytodifferentiation in erythropoiesis].

In was shown earlier (Gazaryan & Kulminskaya, 1975; Kulminskaya & Gazaryan, 1976) that under the conditions of anemia a new (reserve) mechanism of the terminal differentiation of erythroid cells was induced. It was now found that in the course of cell development along this path the basophylic erythroblasts doubled the amount of DNA passed in the peripheral blood where they transformed into basophylic, polychromatophylic and orthochromic reticulocytes. Thereafter they entered the mitosis and transformed into the mature erythrocytes with diploid nuclei. It was shown for the first time that the cell delayed in the G2 phase could actively accumulate the specific product (hemoglobin) and keep its ability to enter the mitotic division.