Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomerase is an Sm small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6749, 1999, Pages 177-180

  Seto, Anita G ^a   Zaug, Arthur J ^a   Sobel, Suzanne G ^b   Wolin, Sandra L ^b   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

AUTOANTIGENS; GENES, FUNGAL; GUANOSINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA CAPS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033539171     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43694     Document Type: Article

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