Telomerase RNA mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae alter telomerase action and reveal nonprocessivity in vivo and in vitro

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 528-540

  Prescott, John ^a   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

nonprocessivity; S. cerevisiae; telomerase; telomerase RNA

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SENESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031029377     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.4.528     Document Type: Article

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