Effects of a novel DNA-damaging agent on the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-359

  Popolo, Laura ^a   Viganò, Ferdinando ^a   Erba, Eugenio ^b   Mongelli, Nicola ^c   D'Incalci, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Lab di Chemioterapia Antitumorale   (Italy)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylating agents; Cell cycle; Checkpoints; rad9 mutant; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; DISTAMYCIN A; TALLIMUSTINE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL CYCLE; DISTAMYCINS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; NITROGEN MUSTARD COMPOUNDS; NOCODAZOLE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029983271     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19960330)12:4<349::AID-YEA917>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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