A miniature yeast telomerase RNA functions in vivo and reconstitutes activity in vitro

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1072-1077

  Zappulla, David C ^a   Goodrich, Karen ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 28544450412     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1019     Document Type: Article

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