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SUBMITTER: Tsaponina O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3905891 | biostudies-other | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nucleic acids research 20130917 22
The genome integrity checkpoint is a conserved signaling pathway that is regulated in yeast by the Mec1 (homologous to human ATR) and Rad53 (homologous to human Chk1) kinases. The pathway coordinates a multifaceted response that allows cells to cope with DNA damage and DNA replication stress. The full activation of the checkpoint blocks origin firing, stabilizes replication forks, activates DNA repair proteins and may lead to senescence or apoptosisin higher eukaryotes. We have recently demonstr ...[more]