Positive regulation of meiotic DNA double-strand break formation by activation of the DNA damage checkpoint kinase Mec1(ATR)

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Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Gray, Stephen ^a   Allison, Rachal M ^a   Garcia, Valerie ^a   Goldman, Alastair S H ^b   Neale, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Checkpoint; Mec1 ATR; Meiosis; Recombination; Spo11; Tel1 ATM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CDC5 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MEC1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; NDT80 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RAD17 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SPO11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TEL1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ARTICLE; CHECKPOINT; MEC1 ATR; RECOMBINATION; SPO11; TEL1 ATM;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CHECKPOINT; MEC1 ATR; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION; SPO11; TEL1 ATM;

EID: 84885148478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130019     Document Type: Article

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