ATR signalling: More than meeting at the fork

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 436, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 527-536

  Nam, Edward A ^a   Cortez, David ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia telangiactasia mutated and Rad3 related (ATR); ATR (ataxia telangiactasia mutated and Rad3 related) interacting protein (ATRIP); Checkpoint; DNA replication; DNA damage response

Indexed keywords

ATR PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 6; DNA; LIGASE; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN MUTL; PROTEIN MUTS;

CELL CYCLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 79957690359     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20102162     Document Type: Review

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