Xenopus Cdc7 executes its essential function early in S phase and is counteracted by checkpoint-regulated protein phosphatase 1

Open Biology

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Poh, Wei Theng ^a,b   Chadha, Gaganmeet Singh ^a   Gillespie, Peter J ^a   Kaldis, Philipp ^b   Blow, J Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cdc7; DNA replication; PHA 767491; PP1; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 7 TERT BUTYL 5 (4 METHYLPHENYL)PYRAZOLO[3,4 D]PYRIMIDINE; CDC7 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ETOPOSIDE; PHA 767491; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PIPERIDONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CDC7; CHO CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CRICETULUS; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHA-767491; PHOSPHORYLATION; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; XENOPUS;

CDC7; DNA REPLICATION; PHA-767491; PP1; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIN; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETOPOSIDE; OVUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PIPERIDONES; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRROLES; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84893920915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130138     Document Type: Article

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