The Caenorhabditis elegans THO Complex Is Required for the Mitotic Cell Cycle and Development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Castellano Pozo, Maikel ^a   García Muse, Tatiana ^a   Aguilera, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; THO COMPLEX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INSECT GENOME; MITOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THOC 2 GENE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; MITOSIS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871403168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052447     Document Type: Article

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