Marks to stop the clock: Histone modifications and checkpoint regulation in the DNA damage response

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 243-253

  Humpal, Stephen E ^a   Robinson, David A ^a   Krebs, Jocelyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Checkpoints; DNA damage; H2AS129; H3K79; Histone modifications

Indexed keywords

CHECKPOINTS; DNA DAMAGE; H2AS129; H3K79; HISTONE MODIFICATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; GENES; SECURITY OF DATA;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BRCA1 PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN RAD9; SERINE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL MUTANT; CELL STIMULATION; CHROMATIN; DAUGHTER CELL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELIX; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; HISTONES; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 65349178204     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O08-109     Document Type: Review

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