A phylogenetically based secondary structure for the yeast telomerase RNA

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1148-1158

  Dandjinou, Alain T ^a   Lévesque, Nancy ^a   Larose, Stéphanie ^a   Lucier, Jean François ^a   Elela, Sherif Abou ^a   Wellinger, Raymund J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142532677     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.054     Document Type: Article

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