rqh1+, a fission yeast gene related to the Bloom's and Werner's syndrome genes, is required for reversible S phase arrest

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2682-2692

  Stewart, Elspeth ^a   Chapman, Carolyn Riley ^a   Al Khodairy, Fahad ^b,c   Carr, Antony M ^b   Enoch, Tamar ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Centre MBC 03   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; hus2; Recombination; RecQ DNA helicase; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOM SYNDROME; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOM SYNDROME; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROXYUREA; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RECQ HELICASES; S PHASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WERNER SYNDROME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030994386     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2682     Document Type: Article

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