Cyclin-dependent kinase and initiation at eukaryotic origins: A replication switch?

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-363

  Jallepalli, Prasad V ^a   Kelly, Thomas J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE;

CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EUKARYOTA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0030906338     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80008-7     Document Type: Article

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