Determinants in mammalian telomerase RNA that mediate enzyme processivity and cross-species incompatibility

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 304-314

  Chen, Jiunn Liang ^a   Greider, Carol W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Processivity; Telomerase; Telomerase RNA; Telomeres; Translocation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDES; RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037439107     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg024     Document Type: Article

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