... eosin staining. We examined the expres-sion of these proteins in a cancer-free layer of squamousepithelial cells, carcinoma in situ (CIS) and invasive cancer,all of which were observed in ... detected notonly in total cellular proteins but also in chromatin-boundproteins. The Mcm proteins bound to chromatin probablyfunction in DNA replication, but the role of the proteins nottightly ... blotting using anti-Mcm2, 3, 4, 5,6 and 7 Ig (Fig. 1). On comparing the amounts of Mcm in total cellular proteins and chromatin-bound proteins,approximately one-third of total Mcm protein was...