Expression of hTERT and hTR in cis reconstitutes an active human telomerase ribonucleoprotein

RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 778-784

  Bachand, François ^a,b   Kukolj, George ^a,c   Autexier, Chantal ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cis expression; Rabbit reticulocyte lysate; Reverse transcriptase; RNP reconstitution; S. cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETICULOCYTE; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETICULOCYTES; RNA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERASE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034113479     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838200000261     Document Type: Article

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