A meiosis-specific protein kinase, Ime2, is required for the correct timing of DNA replication and for spore formation in yeast meiosis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 278-288

  Foiani, M ^a   Nadjar Boger, E ^b   Capone, R ^a   Sagee, S ^b   Hashimshoni, T ^b   Kassir, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Meiosis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DIPLOIDY; DNA PRIMASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030463982     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050323     Document Type: Article

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