CUL-2 is required for the G1-to-S-phase transition and mitotic chromosome condensation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 486-492

  Feng, Hui ^a   Zhong, Weiwei ^a   Punkosdy, George ^a   Gu, Subin ^a   Zhou, Liang ^a   Seabolt, Erin K ^a   Kipreos, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CKI 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CKI 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CKI-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CKI-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CUL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CULLIN; CULLIN 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NONDISJUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULLIN PROTEINS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; G1 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; S PHASE;

EID: 0033257474     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/70272     Document Type: Article

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