The DNA damage checkpoint in embryonic cell cycles is dependent on the DNA-to-cytoplasmic ratio

Developmental Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 275-281

  Conn, Christopher W ^a   Lewellyn, Andrea L ^a   Maller, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CELL DNA; CHECKPOINT KINASE 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CDC25A PROTEIN; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DNA; HISTONE H1 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA CONTENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TIME; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CDC25 PHOSPHATASE; CELL CYCLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CYTOPLASM; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS;

EID: 4344687936     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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