Checkpoint responses to unusual structures formed by DNA repeats

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-318

  Voineagu, Irina ^a,b   Freudenreich, Catherine H ^a   Mirkin, Sergei M ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Barnum 101B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative DNA structures; Chromosomal fragility; DNA damage checkpoints; DNA repeats; Replication

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 1; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN RAD9; REPETITIVE DNA; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA;

CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA; HUMANS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 65249104138     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: 10982744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.20512     Document Type: Review

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