Enhanced H2AX phosphorylation, DNA replication fork arrest, and cell death in the absence of Chk1

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 739-752

  Gagou, Mary E ^a   Zuazua Villar, Pedro ^a   Meuth, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CHECKPOINT KINASE 1; HISTONE H2AX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; THYMIDINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DEATH; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SERINE;

EID: 77649083117     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E09-07-0618     Document Type: Article

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