Neurospora mrc1 homologue is involved in replication stability and is required for normal cell growth and chromosome integrity in mus-9 and mus-21 mutants

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-270

  Wakabayashi, Michiyoshi ^a   Saijyou, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Hatakeyama, Shin ^a   Inoue, Hirokazu ^a   Tanaka, Shuuitsu ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Checkpoint; DNA repair; Genomic stability; Replication

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICRONUCLEUS; MRC1 GENE; MUS 21 GENE; MUS 9 GENE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HISTONES; HYDROXYUREA; HYPHAE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84859003982     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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