Biological and biochemical functions of RNA in the Tetrahymena telomerase holoenzyme

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4442-4454

  Cunningham, Doreen D ^a   Collins, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; EPITOPE; HOLOENZYME; RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TANDEM REPEAT; TETRAHYMENA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; HOLOENZYMES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; TELOMERASE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 18944391463     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.11.4442-4454.2005     Document Type: Article

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