Cycles of chromosome instability are associated with a fragile site and are increased by defects in DNA replication and checkpoint controls in yeast

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-173

  Admire, Anthony ^a,b   Shanks, Lisa ^a   Danzl, Nicole ^a,c   Wang, Mei ^d   Weier, Ulli ^d   Stevens, William ^a   Hunt, Elizabeth ^a   Weinert, Ted ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Checkpoints; Chromosome instability; Fragile sites

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE, UNSTABLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, CDC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 30944462801     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1392506     Document Type: Article

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