Construction by gene targeting in human cells of a 'conditional' CDC2 mutant that rereplicates its DNA

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 258-265

  Itzhaki, Jane E ^a   Gilbert, Christopher S ^b   Porter, Andrew C G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; S PHASE; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031037222     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0397-258     Document Type: Article

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