Cdc20, a β-transducin homologue, links RAD9-mediated Q2/M checkpoint control to mitosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 138-148

  Lim, H H ^a   Surana, U ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CDC20; Checkpoint control; Yeast cell cycle

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; FUNGAL DNA; TRANSDUCIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DAMAGE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; MITOSIS; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; G2 PHASE; GENES, FUNGAL; MITOSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CERVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0029963509     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050306     Document Type: Article

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