A synthetic human kinase can control cell cycle progression in budding yeast

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-325

  Davey, Megan J ^a   Andrighetti, Heather J ^a   Ma, Xiaoli ^a   Brandl, Christopher J ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Checkpoint; DNA replication; kinase; S phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876242850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000430     Document Type: Article

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