Control of cell cycle arrest by the Mec1(sc)/Rad3(sp) DNA structure checkpoint pathway

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Carr, Antony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CELL CYCLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031044684     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80115-3     Document Type: Article

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