Characterisation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad4/cut5 mutant phenotypes: Dissection of DNA replication and G2 checkpoint control function

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 332-340

  McFarlane, R J ^a,c   Carr, A M ^b   Price, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

irradiation; Checkpoint control; DNA replication; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GAMMA RADIATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

4-NITROQUINOLINE-1-OXIDE; ALLELES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; G2 PHASE; GAMMA RAYS; GENES, LETHAL; HYDROXYUREA; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHENOTYPE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ATAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030872312     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050504     Document Type: Article

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