A single telomerase RNA is sufficient for the synthesis of variable telomeric DNA repeats in ciliates of the genus Paramecium

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1871-1879

  Mccormick Graham, Monica ^a   Romero, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030008072     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.4.1871     Document Type: Article

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