Telomerase and Retrotransposons: Which came first?

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5328, 1997, Pages 911-912

  Eickbush, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030848018     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5328.911     Document Type: Review

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16. I thank the members of my laboratory, in particular W. D. Burke, for discussions and comments.