Importane of a C-terminal conserved region of Chk1 for checkpoint function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Palermo, Carmela ^a,b,e   Hope, Justin C ^c   Freyer, Greg A ^c   Rao, Hui ^b   Walworth, Nancy C ^a,b,d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHECKPOINT KINASE 1; FUNGAL DNA; GLYCINE; CAMPTOTHECIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

ALLELES; CAMPTOTHECIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, FUNGAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 38949142307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001427     Document Type: Article

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