Functional characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Chl1 reveals the role of sister chromatid cohesion in the maintenance of spindle length during S-phase arrest

BMC Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Laha, Suparna ^a   Das, Shankar P ^a   Hajra, Sujata ^b   Sanyal, Kaustuv ^c   Sinha, Pratima ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b R and D Manager (Molecular Biology)   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chl1; Cohesion; Hydroxyurea; Spindle; Yeast

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; PROTEIN CHL1; RIBOSOME DNA; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CHL1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; COHESINS; MCD1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA CONTENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTOXICITY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SISTER CHROMATID; SISTER CHROMATID COHESION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATID; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIDS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HYDROXYUREA; KINETOCHORES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 80053174123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-12-83     Document Type: Article

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