"Checkpoint Kinase 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzyme activated in response to DNA DAMAGE involved in cell cycle arrest. The gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 22 at position 12.1. In humans it is encoded by the CHEK2 gene.
| Descriptor ID |
D064447
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.700.145
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| Concept/Terms |
Checkpoint Kinase 2- Checkpoint Kinase 2
- Kinase 2, Checkpoint
- Chk2 Protein Kinase
- Kinase, Chk2 Protein
- Protein Kinase, Chk2
- Checkpoint-Like Protein CHK2
- CHK2, Checkpoint-Like Protein
- Checkpoint Like Protein CHK2
- Protein CHK2, Checkpoint-Like
- Serine Threonine Protein Kinase Chk2
- LFS2 Protein Kinase
- Kinase, LFS2 Protein
- Protein Kinase, LFS2
- CHEK2 Kinase
- Kinase, CHEK2
- hCHK2 Kinase
- Kinase, hCHK2
- Serine-Threonine-Protein Kinase CHK2
- CHK2, Serine-Threonine-Protein Kinase
- Kinase CHK2, Serine-Threonine-Protein
- CDS1 Kinase
- Kinase, CDS1
- PP1425 Protein Kinase
- Kinase, PP1425 Protein
- Protein Kinase, PP1425
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Checkpoint Kinase 2" by people in Profiles.
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CUGBP2 downregulation by prostaglandin E2 protects colon cancer cells from radiation-induced mitotic catastrophe. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2008 May; 294(5):G1235-44.
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DNA damage-induced G2-M checkpoint activation by histone H2AX and 53BP1. Nat Cell Biol. 2002 Dec; 4(12):993-7.