title: Linking DNA damage to cell cycle checkpoints.
abstract: Cell cycle checkpoints constitute a network of signal transduction mechanisms to monitor DNA damage and replication and thereby regulate progression through the cell cycle. A series of events is triggered in cells upon DNA damage. Here we describe a framework for the understanding of the functions of the core components involved in the cell cycle response to DNA damage and the relevance to the origin of cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Biology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 91052 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Temesgen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: H Oliver
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Jens Oliver
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Funk
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D016195:G2 Phase; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D011494:Protein Kinases; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; C578634:CHEK2 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases