Structural elements required for association of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomerase RNA with the Est2 reverse transcriptase

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 7720-7736

  Chappell, Andrew S ^a   Lundblad, Victoria ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TLC1; RNA; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EST 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; ENZYME BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL AGING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 3342875215     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.17.7720-7736.2004     Document Type: Article

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