cell cycle checkpoint (GO:0000075)

A cell cycle process that controls cell cycle progression by monitoring the integrity of specific cell cycle events A cell cycle checkpoint begins with detection of deficiencies or defects and ends with signal transduction. Notes: - This term should not be used in direct manual annotation as it should always be possible to minimally designate mitotic or meiotic checkpoint, and usually to additionally specify the checkpoint (i.e mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint, mitotic DNA damage checkpoint etc). Note also that the effector processes are not part of the checkpoint but are positively regulated by the checkpoint signaling and should not be annotated here.

Specific

DNA integrity checkpoint (GO:0031570) meiotic cell cycle checkpoint (GO:0033313) mitotic cell cycle checkpoint (GO:0007093) spindle checkpoint (GO:0031577)

References

gene ontology: GO:0000075