The anchor site of telomerase from Euplotes aediculatus revealed by photo-cross-linking to single- and double-stranded DNA primers

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 296-308

  Hammond, Philip W ^a   Lively, Tricia N ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMENOPHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES AEDICULATUS; POLYMENOPHOREA;

EID: 0031026387     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.1.296     Document Type: Article

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