The fission yeast Rad32 (Mre11)-Rad50-Nbs1 complex is required for the S-phase DNA damage checkpoint

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 6564-6573

  Chahwan, Charly ^a   Nakamura, Toru M ^a   Sivakumar, Sasirekha ^b   Russell, Paul ^a   Rhind, Nicholas ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; NIBRIN; RAD32 PROTEIN; RAD50 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XRS2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; G2 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; S PHASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0041689960     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.18.6564-6573.2003     Document Type: Article

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