Structure of the RNA-Binding Domain of Telomerase: Implications for RNA Recognition and Binding

Structure

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1403-1412

  Rouda, Susan ^a   Skordalakes, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HOLOENZYME; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA REPLICATION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TELOMERASE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EUKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 35748951600     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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