Telomerase RNA function in recombinant Tetrahymena telomerase

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1116-1125

  Licht, Jill D ^a   Collins, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Polymerase; Ribonucleoprotein; RNA; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0033134835     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.9.1116     Document Type: Article

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