A telomerase holoenzyme protein enhances telomerase RNA assembly with telomerase reverse transcriptase

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-257

  Prathapam, Ramadevi ^a   Witkin, Keren L ^a   O'Connor, Catherine M ^a   Collins, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; HOLOENZYME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PDD1 PROTEIN, TETRAHYMENA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TELOMERASE RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOLOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA; TELOMERASE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 17844391288     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb900     Document Type: Article

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