Study of Cell Cycle Checkpoints Using Xenopus Cell-Free Extracts

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 782, Issue , 2011, Pages 119-158

  Srinivasan, Seetha V ^a   Gautier, Jean ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

ATM ATR kinases; cell cycle checkpoint; cell free extracts; chromatin binding; DNA damage; DNA replication; phosphorylation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL FREE SYSTEM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 80054755084     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-273-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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