title: Cell-cycle checkpoint kinases: checking in on the cell cycle.
abstract: In response to DNA damage, cell-cycle checkpoints integrate cell-cycle control with DNA repair. The idea that checkpoint controls are an integral component of normal cell-cycle progression has arisen as a result of studies in Drosophila and mice. In addition, an appreciation that DNA damage arises as a natural consequence of cellular metabolism, including DNA replication itself, has influenced thinking regarding the nature of checkpoint pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635, USA. walworna@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Walworth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D000071877:Checkpoint Kinase 1; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000502:physiology; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004330:Drosophila; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D018816:Genes, cdc / Q000502:physiology*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D051379:Mice; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; C576897:Atr protein, mouse; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; C576325:Atm protein, mouse; D000071877:Checkpoint Kinase 1; C578633:Chek2 protein, mouse; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases