The C-terminus of S. pombe DDK subunit Dfp1 is required for meiosis-specific transcription and cohesin cleavage

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 728-738

  Le, Anh Huy ^a   Mastro, Tara L ^a   Forsburg, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdc7; Dbf4; Fission yeast; Hsk1; Meiosis; Rec8

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970951863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20135173     Document Type: Article

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