Regulation of zygotic genome activation and DNA damage checkpoint acquisition at the mid-blastula transition

Cell Cycle

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 3828-3838

  Zhang, Maomao ^a   Kothari, Priyanka ^a   Mullins, Mary ^a,b   Lampson, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle checkpoints; Embryogenesis; Mid blastula transition; Zygotic genome activation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 1; HYDROXYUREA; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; HISTONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENOME; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFECTS; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CHECKPOINT KINASE 1; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GAMMA RAYS; GENOME; HISTONES; HYDROXYUREA; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84920560561     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2014.967066     Document Type: Article

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