HYS2, an essential gene required for DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
In: Nucleic acids research, Jg. 23 (1995-09-11), Heft 17, S. 3493-500
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To investigate cell cycle regulation at the S or G2 phase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we have isolated mutants displaying supersensitivity to hydroxyurea (HU), a chemical that inhibits DNA replication. Such mutants, which we have named hydroxyurea sensitive (hys), defined four linkage groups and we characterized the hys2 mutation in this study. The hys2-1 mutant displays temperature sensitive growth and a constellation of phenotypes indicating defective DNA metabolism. At the restrictive temperature, hys2-1 cells arrest as large budded cells with a single nucleus at the neck of the bud and a short spindle. The hys2-1 mutant exhibits increased rates of chromosome loss and recombination. Additionally, hys2-1 appears to accumulate incompletely replicated DNA that can be detected by a pulse field electrophoresis assay. Finally, deletion of RAD9 in a hys2-1 strain decreases the percentage of arrested cells, suggesting that an intact RAD9-checkpoint is required for the cell cycle arrest in hys2-1 cells. HYS2 encodes a 55 kDa protein that is essential for viability at all temperatures. Taken together, these data suggest that Hys2 plays a role in DNA replication.
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HYS2, an essential gene required for DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Sugimoto, K ; Sakamoto, Y ; Takahashi, O ; Matsumoto, K |
Zeitschrift: | Nucleic acids research, Jg. 23 (1995-09-11), Heft 17, S. 3493-500 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1992- : Oxford : Oxford University Press ; <i>Original Publication</i>: London, Information Retrieval ltd., 1995 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0305-1048 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1093/nar/23.17.3493 |
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