Studying the telomerase RNA in Tetrahymena

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 62, 2000, Pages 417-432

  Blackburn, E ^a   Gilley, D ^a   Ware, T ^a   Bhattacharyya, A ^b   Kirk, K ^c   Wang, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; REVIEW; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TELOMERASE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033989701     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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