Fission yeast Ku protein is required for recovery from DNA replication stress

Genes to Cells

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1091-1103

  Miyoshi, Tomoichiro ^a   Kanoh, Junko ^b,c   Ishikawa, Fuyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; HYDROXYUREA; KU ANTIGEN; RECQ HELICASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENOME; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE; YEAST CELL;

DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 69849110853     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2009.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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