Structure of the human telomerase RNA pseudoknot reveals conserved tertiary interactions essential for function

Molecular Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 671-682

  Theimer, Carla A ^a   Blois, Craig A ^a   Feigon, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS; TELOMERE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 14644435818     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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