Identification and Characterization of a Xenopus Homolog of Dbf4, a Regulatory Subunit of the Cdc7 Protein Kinase Required for the Initiation of DNA Replication

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 447-457

  Furukohri, Asako ^a,b   Sato, Noriko ^c   Masai, Hisao ^d   Arai, Ken Ichi ^c   Sugino, Akio ^a,b   Waga, Shou ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Dbf4 Cdc7 kinase; DNA replication; Protein phosphorylation; Xenopus egg extract

Indexed keywords

CDC7 PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN DBF4; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0142121647     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvg163     Document Type: Article

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