A role for a novel 'trans-pseudoknot' RNA-RNA interaction in the functional dimerization of human telomerase

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1078-1083

  Ly, Hinh ^a   Xu, Lifeng ^a   Rivera, Melissa A ^a   Parslow, Tristram G ^a   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human telomerase; Retroviral genomic RNA; Telomerase enzymatic activity; Telomerase RNA; Telomerase RNA pseudoknot

Indexed keywords

DIMER; RNA; TELOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; RNA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0038305629     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1060803     Document Type: Article

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