Inactivation of Ku-mediated end joining suppresses mec1Δ lethality by depleting the ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor Sml1 through a pathway controlled by Tel1 kinase and the Mre11 complex

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 10652-10664

  Corda, Yves ^a   Lee, Sang Eun ^c   Guillot, Sylvine ^a   Walther, Andŕ ^b   Sollier, Julie ^a   Arbel Eden, Ayelet ^b   Haber, James E ^b   Géli, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; MRE11 PROTEIN; MRE11 RAD50 XRS2 COMPLEX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEC1; PROTEIN RAD9; PROTEIN SMI1; RAD50 PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; TEL1 KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; KU GENE; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; YKU70 GENE; YKU80 GENE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, LETHAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 27944503931     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.23.10652-10664.2005     Document Type: Article

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