The checkpoint response to replication stress

DNA Repair

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1038-1046

  Branzei, Dana ^a   Foiani, Marco ^a,b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Checkpoint; DNA repair; Replication

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 68249122027     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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