Characterization of the checkpoint gene RAD53/MEC2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 735-745

  Kim, Sangkyu ^a   Weinert, Ted A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Checkpoint; DNA damage; Protein kinase; RAD53; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

GENES, FUNGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030743474     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19970630)13:8<735::AID-YEA136>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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