The telomerase reverse transcriptase: Components and regulation

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1073-1085

  Nugent, Constance I ^a   Lundblad, Victoria ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032522443     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.8.1073     Document Type: Review

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