Topoisomerase III is required for accurate DNA replication and chromosome segregation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 4022-4031

  Oh, Misook ^a   Choi, In Soon ^b   Park, Sang Dai ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Silla University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HELICASE; HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE DELETION; LETHALITY; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0037106455     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf531     Document Type: Article

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