Regulation of 5′ template usage and incorporation of noncognate nucleotides by human telomerase

RNA

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1448-1460

  Moriarty, Tara J ^a,b   Marie Egyptienne, Delphine T ^a,b   Autexier, Chantal ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Processivity; Reverse transcriptase; Telomerase; Telomere; Template

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TELOMERASE; 2'-DEOXYCYTIDINE 5'-TRIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYCYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; DEOXYCYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; DEOXYCYTOSINE NUCLEOTIDES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; TELOMERASE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 24044494630     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2910105     Document Type: Article

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