title: Assays used to study the DNA replication checkpoint in fission yeast.
abstract: The DNA replication checkpoint, also known as the intra-S or S-phase checkpoint, plays a central role in ensuring the accuracy of DNA replication. When replication is impeded by DNA damage or other conditions, this checkpoint delays cell cycle progression and coordinates resumption of replication with DNA repair pathways. One of its critical functions is to stabilize stalled replication forks in a replication-competent state, presumably by maintaining proper assembly of replisome components and preserving DNA structures. Here we describe a series of assays used to study the replication checkpoint. These assays allow us to investigate the specific functions of proteins involved in the replication checkpoint in fission yeast.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors: Eishi
authors: E
authors: Noguchi
authors: Alison B
authors: AB
authors: Ansbach
authors: Chiaki
authors: C
authors: Noguchi
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Russell
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016196:S Phase; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C085412:rad52 protein, S pombe; C054562:yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; C578636:Cds1 protein, S pombe; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases