A role for the fission yeast Rqh1 helicase in chromosome segregation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5777-5784

  Win, Thein Z ^a   Mankouri, Hocine W ^b   Hickson, Ian D ^b   Wang, Shao Win ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; rDNA; RecQ helicase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MAD2; RECQ HELICASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RQH1 HELICASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANAPHASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 30544442398     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02694     Document Type: Article

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