1996 Fleming Lecture: Analysis of fission yeast DNA structure checkpoints

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-11

  Carr, Antony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle control; DNA structure checkpoints; rad mutants; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PROTEIN KINASE;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031963329     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-1-5     Document Type: Review

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